George L. Schmidt
March 30, 2015
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George LeRoy Schmidt, of West Des Moines, Iowa, died at age 89. He was the beloved husband of Bonnie Jean Schmidt and loving father of Carole Lee Karachiwala.
George was a proud Navy veteran of World War II and an even prouder member of Plumbers & Steamfitters Local #33 Union. He loved fishing and hunting, gardening and mushroom hunting.
In addition to his wife of 69 years and daughter, his family includes son-in-law Bud Karachiwala, grandson Kareem Karachiwala and granddaughters Bonnie Johnson and Bobbie Areges, seven great-grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held at Hamilton’s Southtown Funeral Home, 5400 SW 9th Street beginning at 10 a.m. Friday, April 3, 2015 followed by a graveside service at 11:30 a.m. at Webb Cemetery in Norwalk.
Condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com
Carole Schmidt Karachiwala
04/02/2015
Papa was a one of a kind man. He was strong and loyal. He could find grocery sacks full of Morrell mushrooms. He loved his home and whenever we would come up the driveway he would say "home sweet home." He continued to work in the yard putting up concrete walls, digging, planting gardens, and mowing as only he could until the last couple of years. The World ended the day he passed away nothing will ever be the same again.
Bud Karachiwala
04/01/2015
My father-in-law George was one of the strongest man I have met. Even without a high school education, he was very smart and had deep thoughts about the universe and space. He accepted me even though I was from a different country and religion. He worked hard to provide for a good living for my mother-in-law and saw to it that she was financially secure after he died.
He was great in solving mechanical puzzles and doing jumble words. He was very good at crosswords.
He taught me to fish and to garden and tried to teach me to mushroom hunt but I wasn't very good at that. He stood up for me with others.
I will miss him very much. May he rest in peace!