Betty Magee Schmitt passed away on November 25, 2019. She is survived by her children, Alphonse Joseph Schmitt, III, Stephen Nolan Schmitt, Christopher Magee Schmitt and Suzanne Schmitt Brown, and her son-in-law, Michael James Brown. Her beloved grandchildren, Margaret Magee Brown, Mary Nolan Brown and Michael James Brown, Jr. were her pride and joy. She is preceded in death by her husband of 60 years, Alphonse Joseph Schmitt, Jr., her parents Irby Dodds Magee and Nettie Morris Magee, a daughter, Pamela Ann Schmitt, and her two sisters Dorothy Magee Stokes and Jean Magee Goerner.
Betty was born in New Orleans on April 1, 1927. She graduated from Newcomb College at Tulane University where she earned a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology and was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority. She remained actively involved in the Newcomb Alumnae Association. Over the years she enjoyed sailing and taking trips to the beach with her family and loved getting together with friends regularly for lunch and a game of bridge. She entertained and hosted parties at her home often. She was always poised, valued manners and dressed elegantly for every occasion.
She was a very dedicated member of the community. She volunteered for Isidore Newman School and Louise S. McGehee School. She was a member of the New Orleans Country Club and the Southern Yacht Club. She also was a very devoted Life Member of the Orleans Club, where she formerly served as a board member.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend a service at LAKE LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. (in Metairie Cemetery), at 2:00 pm on Friday, November 29, 2019. A visitation will precede the service at 1:00 pm. Interment service will be private.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Newcomb Institute, Office of Advancement, P.O. Box 61075, New Orleans, LA 70161 or the Tulane School of Medicine, P.O. Box 61075, New Orleans, LA 70161.
To view and sign the guest book, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com.
