Born in Brooklyn, NY on April 7, 1928, Charlie passed away on Friday morning, June 20, 2014, at the age of 86. The son of the late Frieda (Krauss) and Joseph Schmitt, Charlie was a resident of Brightview, North Andover, MA, former resident of Andover, MA, and longtime resident of Glen Cove, NY.
Charlie attended Polytechnic University in Brooklyn, NY and Columbia University and served in the U.S. Army where he earned the Korean Service Medal with Bronze Service Star and the United Nations Service Medal. He received his army training at the Leadership School at Fort Dix, NJ. He met his loving wife of 61 years, Beverly, through a mutual friend and married on June 13, 1953. Charlie discovered Glen Cove one day while sailing on Long Island Sound when the boat ran ashore. He spent more than five decades in Glen Cove where he was a member of the Sea Cliff Yacht Club and the Hempstead Harbor Club. Charlie had a passion for sailing and also designed and built sailboats. Charlie also loved to build fine furniture, a skill he learned from his father in his cabinet making shop in Brooklyn.