The Rev. Bernard Schmitt, a Cleveland native, served at several Catholic parishes in Greater Cleveland and throughout Ohio in the early 1940s as a priest with the Precious Blood Society.
During World War II, he was a chaplain in the Army Air Forces.
From 1946 until retiring in 1982, he served in various capacities at churches in the Midwest and in California. He frequently conducted three-day mission projects at parishes in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, in which he spoke to parishoners about missionary work.
Father Schmitt, 83, died Sunday at the St. Charles Retirement Home, Carthagena.
He grew up in the old Brooklyn area of Cleveland and studied at St. Joseph College in Collegeville, Ind.
In 1933, he joined the Precious Blood Society. He was ordained at the St. Charles Seminary in Carthagena in 1940.
Father Schmitt is survived by his sisters, Peggy Reichlin and Jane Stewart, both of Elyria, and Dorothy Gauchat, founder of the Colette Marie Infant and Our Lady of the Wayside homes in Avon.
During World War II, he was a chaplain in the Army Air Forces.
From 1946 until retiring in 1982, he served in various capacities at churches in the Midwest and in California. He frequently conducted three-day mission projects at parishes in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, in which he spoke to parishoners about missionary work.
Father Schmitt, 83, died Sunday at the St. Charles Retirement Home, Carthagena.
He grew up in the old Brooklyn area of Cleveland and studied at St. Joseph College in Collegeville, Ind.
In 1933, he joined the Precious Blood Society. He was ordained at the St. Charles Seminary in Carthagena in 1940.
Father Schmitt is survived by his sisters, Peggy Reichlin and Jane Stewart, both of Elyria, and Dorothy Gauchat, founder of the Colette Marie Infant and Our Lady of the Wayside homes in Avon.
The Rev. Bernard Schmitt, a Cleveland native, served at several Catholic parishes in Greater Cleveland and throughout Ohio in the early 1940s as a priest with the Precious Blood Society.
During World War II, he was a chaplain in the Army Air Forces.
From 1946 until retiring in 1982, he served in various capacities at churches in the Midwest and in California. He frequently conducted three-day mission projects at parishes in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, in which he spoke to parishoners about missionary work.
Father Schmitt, 83, died Sunday at the St. Charles Retirement Home, Carthagena.
He grew up in the old Brooklyn area of Cleveland and studied at St. Joseph College in Collegeville, Ind.
In 1933, he joined the Precious Blood Society. He was ordained at the St. Charles Seminary in Carthagena in 1940.
Father Schmitt is survived by his sisters, Peggy Reichlin and Jane Stewart, both of Elyria, and Dorothy Gauchat, founder of the Colette Marie Infant and Our Lady of the Wayside homes in Avon.
During World War II, he was a chaplain in the Army Air Forces.
From 1946 until retiring in 1982, he served in various capacities at churches in the Midwest and in California. He frequently conducted three-day mission projects at parishes in the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, in which he spoke to parishoners about missionary work.
Father Schmitt, 83, died Sunday at the St. Charles Retirement Home, Carthagena.
He grew up in the old Brooklyn area of Cleveland and studied at St. Joseph College in Collegeville, Ind.
In 1933, he joined the Precious Blood Society. He was ordained at the St. Charles Seminary in Carthagena in 1940.
Father Schmitt is survived by his sisters, Peggy Reichlin and Jane Stewart, both of Elyria, and Dorothy Gauchat, founder of the Colette Marie Infant and Our Lady of the Wayside homes in Avon.
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