The Rev. Dr. Ralph N. Schmidt, Sr., 94, died July 4, 2005 at the Presbyterian Home for Central New York. He served congregations in Herkimer and Utica, NY, where the UU Church of Utica named him minister emeritus in 1981. Previously, he taught at Maryville (WI) High School. He was a professor at Jamestown College in ND; Lafayette College in Easton, PA; and Syracuse University. Syracuse offered him a position to help establish a new college in Utica. Surviving are sons Ralph N., Jr. of Annandale, VA, and Carl E.D., Sr. of Sauquoit, NY; five grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. His wife, Wilda Delay, predeceased him in 2001.