David Schmidt

Nov 18, 2021

David Schmidt was born on 9/30/1950 and passed away on 11/18/2021, at the age of seventy-one. For over thirty years David drove school buses for the Seattle School district. During the school’s summer breaks, David drove a bus cross-country for his favorite Drum and Bugle Corps, The Shamrocks and The Blue Devils. David enjoyed driving to the corps many summer competitions. Starting in Seattle, California and as far as New York state. David leaves behind his sister Valerie Gablehouse and older brother Gary Flory, as well as many nieces and nephews. David lived in the family home for most of his 71 years.

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