Elizabeth Spafford Schmidt

uurmapaElizabeth Spafford Schmidt, 90, widow of the Rev. Harold E. Schmidt, died February 23, 2006 in Walnut Creek, CA. She had outlived her first husband of 54 years, Ernest Clifford Spafford, as well as her second husband of 13 years. Harold was minister at the First Unitarian Society of Stockton, CA, from 1958-74. Elizabeth held a BA in Biology and an MA. in education, and taught at the secondary level for the Stockton Unified School District. Lovers of travel, Elizabeth and Ernest once took their family to Europe for six months, each taking a leave of absence from teaching. She is survived by a daughter, Edith Gladstone of Berkeley, and a son, Alden Spafford of Oakland, and one granddaughter.

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