Schmidt, Ila Fae, 85, passed peacefully in the early morning of November 30, 2017. Ila was born in Plainview, Texas, on February 12, 1932, she later worked in technical publications for 15 years before retiring from Cessna Aircraft. Ila was creative, she loved crafts and sewing. She loved playing board games, especially Scrabble, with her grandchildren and was competitive and liked to win. She was a loving mother and grandmother and will be dearly missed. Ila was preceded by husband, Dewey Schmidt; parents, Robert and Zoe Hopkins and her siblings. She is survived by daughters, Michele (Curtis) Kyle and their children, Nicholas and Anna; Nancy (Jerry) Seidler, and Glenda (Dennis) Findley and their children, Jenny, John, and Denise; niece, Sheri (Dan) Myers and their two children, David and Sarah of Amarillo, TX; and beloved Shih Tzu dog, Bitsy. Private Family Services Memorials may be made to Norwich EMS.