Dorothy Schmitt

Dorothy Schmitt, 85, of Lustre died March 21, 2022, in Glasgow.

She was born March 11, 1937, in Chico, Calif., to Dormer and Adeline (Bogar) Glyshaw while her father was in the Navy. They moved back to the farm in Vida to farm and she went to school there. In the winter, they lived in Billings where she attended Billings Senior High and graduated. From there, she went to Multnomah Bible College in Portland, Ore., where she met Alfred Schmitt.

Shortly after, she and Alfred married in Billings at the Church of the Air on Sept. 4, 1959. They resided in Glasgow and Missoula for short periods of time and ended up back on the farm where Alfred’s love for farming began. Their first son, Perry, was born, soon to be followed by Craig and their daughter Melenie. She was a wonderful homemaker and mother to her three children. She survived her children riding motorcycles, creating various motorized contraptions, basketball practices and games, 4H, horses and many more activities.

She was always involved in the EMB church with ladies aid, Sunday school or whatever were the needs of the church. Her best friend and neighbor, Carolyn Fauth, spent many days having coffee, working in the gardens, doing ceramics, sewing for 4H with her daughter Melenie and helping Carolyn deliver cakes.

Memories she would talk about when she was young are riding the horses through the water and holding onto their tails with her sister and her time in Billings and how she loved being in the big city. She loved being around people and doing things and