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Submitted: 8/24/21 • Approved: 8/24/21 • Last Updated: 8/27/21 • R450330-G450329-S3
Adolph Leo
July 3, 1925-January 19, 1996
Please see military marker
Bobbye Nell (Adams)
November 10, 1929-August 20, 2009
Married June 8 1952
Parents of Dirk and Shelley
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Adolph
Adolph Leo "Junior" Schmitz, Jr., 70, Borger died Friday, Jan. 19, 1996 in High Plains Baptist Hospital in Amarillo.
Services are pending with Brown Funeral Directors.
Mr. Schmitz was born July 3, 1925 in Gainesville. He had been a Borger resident since 1927. He attended Borger schools and graduated from Allen Military Academy in Bryan. He attended Texas Technological College before serving in the United States Navy aboard the USS Tate during World War II.
After the war, he returned to Borger and went into business with his father and they operated A.L. Schmitz Oil Company. He owned Accent Travel Agency, and was a member of Faith Covenant Church in Borger.
He married Bobbye Nell Adams on June 8, 1952 in Borger.
Survivors include his wife of the home; a son, J. Dirk Schmitz of Borger; a daughter, Shelley Dawn Sweatt of Wichita Falls; two sisters, Mary Ann Holt of Borger; and Marilyn Sue Lattig of Albuquerque, N.M.; three grandchildren; two nephews; and two nieces.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Friday, January 19, 1996, Page 2)
*Obituary Bobbye
Bobbye Nell Adams Schmitz, 79, of Amarillo died Thursday, Aug. 20, 2009.
Celebration of life services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church in Borger. Private graveside services will be in Highland Park Cemetery by Minton/Chatwell Funeral Directors of Borger.
Bobbye, loving wife, mother, grandmother and sister, was born Nov. 10, 1929, in Leslie to Roy Lee and Willie Bailey Adams. While attending school in Lakeview, Bobbye played competitive tennis, volleyball and basketball. Upon graduation from Lakeview High School in 1947, she attended Texas Technological College, graduating in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science in education. She moved to Borger, where she taught physical education and coached tennis. Bobbye met and married the love of her life, Adolph Schmitz Jr., on June 8, 1952. They made their home in Borger, with son Dirk and daughter Shelley. Bobbye was a charter member of Faith Covenant Church.
After taking time off to raise her children, Bobbye returned to Borger High School and for 27 years touched the lives of many young people, as she taught more than just physical education and tennis. She retired from BISD in 1990 so she could spend more time with the business that she and Adolph owned, Accent Travel. Her love of travel and adventure lead her to many parts of the world, and she continued to travel until the last few years of her life. Accompanied by all of the special people in her life that preceded her, Bobbye has just departed on the most fabulous journey of her life.
Bobbye enjoyed playing bridge, tennis and golf as a member of Borger Country Club Ladies Golf Association. Bobbye enjoyed supporting her community, providing scholarships to Frank Phillips College and serving as a loyal and active member of Adelante, Altrusa and Rotary Clubs of Borger. She was also a long-standing member of The American Society of Travel Agents.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Adolph Leo Schmitz Jr.; her parents, R.L. and Willie Bailey Adams; and a brother, R.L. Adams Jr.
Survivors include a son, J. Dirk Schmitz and wife Sherry of Borger; a daughter, Dr. Shelley Schmitz Sweatt and husband Greg of Wichita Falls; two sisters, Jolene Means and Frances Williams of Houston; a brother, Bailey F. Adams and wife Ruth Ann of Houston; three grandchildren, Carson Reid Schmitz of Aspen, Colo., Meredith Anne Schmitz of Dallas and Merrill Lynne Sweatt of Wichita Falls; two sisters-in-law, Ann Holt and husband Dennis of Dallas and Sue Schmitz Lattig and husband Ed of Albuquerque, N.M.; many, many loving nieces, nephews and cousins; and her very special friends and caregivers at Ware Living Center in Amarillo.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Another Chance House, 209 S. Jackson St., Amarillo, TX 79101; or Alzheimer's Association, Star Chapter, Amarillo Region, 415 W. Eighth Ave. Suite 300, Amarillo, TX 79101.
The family will receive friends at 102 Timberlake Court in Borger.
Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 21, 2009
Contributed on 8/24/21
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