John Schmid

My deepest sympathy to the family. I knew John from the "Amway" days. My kids also went to school with with his kids. You are all in my thoughts and prayers. I'm so sorry for your loss.

I will always remember the first time I spent the night at John and Jesse’s after Laurie and I became friends. We were in 7th grade and I came over after school on a Friday afternoon for supper. I came in the house and everything smelled so wonderful and we sat down to eat. I was very hungry and ate well, after I finished John started giggling, looked at Jesse and asked her if he should tell me what I had just eaten. She said yeah you might want to and I was immediately terrified!!! He told me it was venison and I was still confused. Laurie leaned over and said it’s deer meat and they all waited for my response. I had never had it before. I was like wow really that was sooo good and I loved it!!!! I guess they thought I’d be sick. I’ll forget the smile on his face when I exclaimed how much I liked it

With our deepest sympathy and love

The volunteers, flight team and board of Badger Honor Flight mourn the loss of their hero, John Schmid. We are thankful for his military service and proud to have served him on his trip to Washington, D.C. on May 26, 2017.