Mr. Kenneth Louis Schmitz

Kenneth Louis Schmitz died peacefully at Gilmore Lodge on Friday, August 25 with family in attendance. He was born and raised in Humboldt, Saskatchewan. He was president of his High School, and after graduating joined the Royal Canadian Airforce, serving as a navigator and being honored with the Distinguished Flying Cross. After the war, he attended St Thomas More College in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and later completed a doctorate at the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto. He taught Philosophy at Loyola University in Los Angeles, and later at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Indiana University in Bloomington, and the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. In 1971, he returned to Toronto to teach at Trinity College, University of Toronto. After retiring, he worked for many years with the John Paul II Center for Studies on Marriage and Family. Kenneth is survived by his three children, Donald Schmitz, Anne (Donn Layne) Schmitz, and Jonathan (Elizabeth) Schmitz, along with his eleven grandchildren: Adelaide (Brandon) Blanchette; Mark Schmitz; Gillian (Rick) Vidal; Tessa (Eliezar) Arevalo; Michael (Lucelle) Schmitz; Emily Sandle, Jessica Schmitz, Eden Schmitz, Nicole (Michael) Bettencourt, Sarah Schmitz, and Mary Schmitz, and nine great-grandchildren. He is predeceased by his wife Lillian and his son Geoffrey.