Sophie C. (Laurence) Schmidt, a proud U.S. Navy Veteran and longtime employee for the Warwick School Department passed away in the early hours of Tuesday, December 17, 2024. She was 102 years of age. She was the beloved wife of the late Rudolph J. Schmidt, Jr. Born in Ardrijausku Lithuania, she was a daughter of the late John and Barbara (Pasuitir) Laurynaitis.
Sophie arrived in Rhode Island when her husband was transferred to Quonset Point Naval Air Station. She was an active member of The Daughters of Isabella at St. Benedict’s Church, and she volunteered at the Warwick Senior Center. Sophie enjoyed bowling, golfing, and traveling within the US and abroad, but she cherished time with her family the most.
Sophie was the devoted mother of Constance Schmidt of MA and the late Jacqueline Blei; cherished ‘Granny’ of three grandchildren, Katherine Schmidt, Nicholas Blei and Daniel Blei and two great-grandchildren, John Thomas Blei and Samuel Joseph Blei, sons of Nicholas and Andrea Blei. She was a was the mother-in-law of David Blei of MA.
A Visitation will be held Friday, January 3, 2025, from 10-11am with a Funeral Service to follow at 11am in the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Chapel, 2435 Warwick Ave., Warwick. Her interment will follow immediately in St. Ann Cemetery, Cranston.
In lieu of flowers, donation to Hope Health Hospice and Palliative Care, 1085 N. Main St., Providence, RI 02904 or Greenwich Farms at Warwick, 75 Minnesota Ave., Warwick, RI 02888 will be appreciated.
