Doris Deyo Schmidt

Doris Mae Deyo Schmidt, 87, of Asheville, died on Sunday, November 23, 2014, at the Laurels of Summit Ridge. A native of Binghamton, NY, Mrs. Schmidt was the daughter of the late Charles and Helen Bird Deyo. She was also preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Alan G. Schmidt, and four brothers. Mrs. Schmidt had worked for many years as a music educator and professor of Music at Buffalo State College and Buffalo public schools. She was a member of the Asheville Symphony Chorus. She was also an avid knitter and had been a member of Westminster Presbyterian Church. She is survived by her daughters, Elaine Zinke and husband Robert, of Waynesville, Virginia McKinney, of Lindsborg, KS, and Allynn Della Posta and husband Joseph A., of Asheville; son, Charles Schmidt and wife Deborah, of Sterling, VA; seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. A memorial service for Mrs. Schmidt will be at 2:00 p.m. on Friday at the Groce Funeral Home chapel on Tunnel Rd. Memorials may be made to Autism Speaks at ATTN: Web Gift, Autism Speaks, 1060 State Rd., 2nd Floor, Princeton, NJ 08540.