Hendrika Adriana Maria deRooy Schmidt

Hendrika “Ricky” Adriana Maria deRooy Schmidt of Easton, MD, died on Tuesday, December 16, 2014, in her home. She was 79 years of age. Born January 27, 1935, in Brampton, Ontario, Canada, she was the daughter of Cornelis Johannes deRooy and Adriana Clara Maria van der Byl deRooy. She attended St. John’s Catholic School in Toronto until the fifth grade. In February 1944, the deRooy family immigrated to the United States, moving to Trappe, MD, where she attended elementary school from February to June before moving to Easton in September, 1944. She graduated from Easton High School in 1951 and, in the 1970s, attended Chesapeake College. During the school/work program of the 1950 and 1951, she was a secretary for Thompson & Thompson, Attorneys at Law in Easton. From 1951 to 1953, she was secretary to the major appliance and small appliance managers at General Electric Supply Cooperation, Baltimore. Returning to Easton, she served as secretary to Charles F. Forney of Forney’s Engineering. On April 23, 1954, she married Roy Franklin Karge at Saints Peter and Paul’s Catholic Church, Easton. This marriage ended in divorce. She proudly became a citizen of the United States on May 13, 1955, in the Superior Court of Kent County, Dover, DE. From 1966 to 1984, she was the Administrator’s Executive Secretary at the Memorial Hospital, Easton. On February 12, 1984, she and Edward C. H. Schmidt, M.D. were married in All Faith Chapel at the Memorial Hospital in Easton. Dr. Schmidt died August 4, 2006. Mrs. Schmidt is survived by two sons, Robert F. Karge, Sr. and his wife, Gail Plutschak Karge of Preston, MD, and Lt. Col (Ret) Eric Douglas Karge and his wife, Dr. Belinda Dunnick Karge, of El Cajon, CA; two daughters, Diana Karge Scallio and her husband, Frank Vincent Scallio, of Trappe, and Adriana Karge Edsall of Easton; five grandchildren, Robert Franklin Karge, Jr., Eric Gregory Karge, Jonathan David Edsall, Jenna Renee Edsall, and Meagan Brooke Groves and her husband Matthew B. Groves; and three great-granddaughters, Abigail Brooke Groves, Brynlee Sophia Groves, and Carley Johanna Groves. Mrs. Schmidt is also survived by a brother, Adrian C. J. Deroy and his wife, Janet Roe Deroy, of Easton; one sister, Marie A. Jewell and her husband, Franklin E. Jewell of Queenstown; one stepbrother, Willem van der Byl of Easton; and one step-sister, Wilhelmina A. Wright and her husband, Joseph Owen Wright, of Preston. She is predeceased by two brothers, Gerardus F. deRooy and William H. R. deRooy. Per her request, a celebration of life – with no tears, only laughter – will be held on December 29, 2014, from 5 p.m. – 7 p.m. at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home in Easton.The cremated remains of both Dr. and Mrs. Schmidt will be interred together at the Eastern Shore Maryland State Veterans Cemetery at Beulah, privately. Memorial gifts may be made to the Civil War Preservation Trust, 1331 H. Street, N.W., Suite 1001, Washington, DC 20005, or to your favorite charity.

Hendrika Adriana Maria deRooy Schmidt

January 27, 1935 - December 16, 2014