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Robert Louis Schmidt passed away suddenly on November 5th, 2019, at age 74 in his home in Edmonds.

Born in Seattle to Blanche and Henry Schmidt, Robert attended Christ the King and Seattle Prep before enrolling in the UW architecture program. After graduation, Robert took a civil engineering position with Martin Zachary Construction. His first assignment sent him to the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands, where he moved with Carolyn, his new wife. While working on a government contract missile tracking station, his first son, Joseph, was born on the island.

Several years later, Robert...