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Roy Dell Henry Schmidt

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Roy Dell Henry Schmidt

Birth
Manor, Travis County, Texas, USA
Death
1 Aug 1966 (aged 29)
Austin, Travis County, Texas, USA
Burial
Pflugerville, Travis County, Texas, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.4397221, Longitude: -97.6669464
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Son of: Theo Schmidt and Edna Feldman Schmidt

Husband of: Nancy Rose (White) Schmidt

Father of: Kimberly Dawn Schmidt

Occupation: Electrician for the City of Austin

Cause of Death: Murder Victim of Charles Joseph Whitman, who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others in a shooting rampage from UT's Administrative Tower.

"Roy Dell Schmidt had just finished making a phone call when a bystander announced the gunfire. He was running towards his truck with a co-worker when he was shot in the stomach." He was killed immediately.
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OBITUARY FROM THE AUSTIN AMERICAN, Tuesday, August 2, 1966

ROY DELL SCHMIDT

Roy Dell Schmidt, 29, 1901 Larchmont, died in a local hospital Monday. He had been a resident of Austin and Travis County for the past 20 years.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nancy Schmidt; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Schmidt, Austin; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Feldmann, Hamilton; a daughter, Kimberly Dawn Schmidt, Austin; three sisters, Mrs. Mildred Lynch, Mrs. Bernice Buchhorn and Wanda Jean Schmidt, Austin; and two brothers, Wilbert Schmidt and Wayne Schmidt, Austin.
Funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. under the direction of Wilke-Clay Funeral Home at Bethany Lutheran Church with Rev. R. L. Peterson, pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church, and Rev. T. R. Griesse of Austin officiating.
Son of: Theo Schmidt and Edna Feldman Schmidt

Husband of: Nancy Rose (White) Schmidt

Father of: Kimberly Dawn Schmidt

Occupation: Electrician for the City of Austin

Cause of Death: Murder Victim of Charles Joseph Whitman, who killed 14 people and wounded 32 others in a shooting rampage from UT's Administrative Tower.

"Roy Dell Schmidt had just finished making a phone call when a bystander announced the gunfire. He was running towards his truck with a co-worker when he was shot in the stomach." He was killed immediately.
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OBITUARY FROM THE AUSTIN AMERICAN, Tuesday, August 2, 1966

ROY DELL SCHMIDT

Roy Dell Schmidt, 29, 1901 Larchmont, died in a local hospital Monday. He had been a resident of Austin and Travis County for the past 20 years.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Nancy Schmidt; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Theo Schmidt, Austin; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Feldmann, Hamilton; a daughter, Kimberly Dawn Schmidt, Austin; three sisters, Mrs. Mildred Lynch, Mrs. Bernice Buchhorn and Wanda Jean Schmidt, Austin; and two brothers, Wilbert Schmidt and Wayne Schmidt, Austin.
Funeral will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. under the direction of Wilke-Clay Funeral Home at Bethany Lutheran Church with Rev. R. L. Peterson, pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church, and Rev. T. R. Griesse of Austin officiating.

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