Delvin Adolph Schmidt

Delvin Adolph Schmidt 88, of Whitney passed away on Tuesday February 15, 2022 in Hillsboro after battling many years of dementia.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a. m. on Friday, February 18, 2022, at Marshall and Marshall Funeral Directors Chapel in Whitney with Reverend Eddie Booth officiating.  A visitation will be held from 9 -10 a.m. prior to the service at the funeral home.  Burial will be at 1:30 p.m. at Evergreen Cemetery in Jonesboro.

Delvin was born on February 18, 1933, in Aleman, Texas to Adolph and Lydia Voges Schmidt.  Delvin served his country for 11years in the U. S. Army and fought in the Korean War.  When Delvin made his home in Whitney, he went to work for Foxworth Galbraith Lumber Company for serval years before starting his own business of finishing furniture.  Delvin finished furniture for Hill County and surrounding areas for many years.  Delvin loved taking broken furniture and making it new again.  There was a story or a memory for every one of the pieces that he worked on.  In later years of life when it became difficult for him to handle the large pieces of furniture, he stared building birdhouses, birds, crosses and anything else that someone ask him to do.  When he wasn’t working in his shop, he liked just sitting on a stool in the shop looking out the window at the birds and listening to the wind chimes.  He also loved going to the State Park and fishing.

Delvin was a member of the First Baptist Church Whitney and served as a deacon and enjoyed singing in the choir.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Charlene; and a daughter Phyllis Clark.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Schmidt; children, Pam Standerfer and husband Ron, Doris Coffey and husband, Barry, Dale Burnside and wife Kriste; son-in-law, Gary Clark; sister, Orena Hoberty; and he had 9 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 1 great- great grandchild.