Background
Schmitz, Charles Edison was born on July 18, 1919 in Mendota, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Francis Schmitz and Lucetta Margaret (Foulk) Schmitz Kaufmann.
Schmitz, Charles Edison was born on July 18, 1919 in Mendota, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Francis Schmitz and Lucetta Margaret (Foulk) Schmitz Kaufmann.
Student, Wheaton College, 1936-1937, 38, 39; Bachelor, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, 1940; Bachelor's Degree, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1942; Master of Divinity, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1977.
Founding pastor, Ascension Lutheran Church, Los Angeles, 1942-1948;
founding pastor, American Evangelical Lutheran Church, Phoenix, 1948-1965;
director intermountain missions, founding pastor, 14 Evangelical Lutheran Parishes, California, Arizona, New Mexico, Florida, 1942-1989;
evangelist, American Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, 1965-1973;
senior pastor, Peace Lutheran Church, Palm Bay, Florida, 1973-1989;
pastor-at-large, American Evangelical Lutheran Church, Phoenix, since 1989. Charter member Navajo Lutheran Mission, Rock Point, Arizona, since 1960. Chairman Greater Phoenix Evangelical Ministers Association, since 1998.
Pastoral advisor Arizona Lutheran Outdoor Ministry Association, Prescott, 1958-1965, 89-. Kogudus International Retreat master and chaplain, Florida, Berlin and Marbach, Germany, 1990. Member transition team Florida Synod, Evangelical Lutheran Church American, 1985-1989.
Founder, chairman Arizona Church Conference on Adult and Youth Problems, 1956-1965. Vice chairman synod worship & church music committee American Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, 1960-1966. Chairman Space Coast Lutheran Retirement Center, Palm Bay, Florida, 1985-1989;chaplain Arizona chapter Lutheran Brotherhood, since 1991.
Member National Association Evangelicals, German American National Congress (national chaplain), Greater Phoenix Evangelical Mins. Association (president 1999), Lions (life member, officer Phoenix and Palm Bay clubs since 1952, Arizona District 21A chaplain 1994-1995, Melvin Jones fellow 1995, life member), Kiwanis (board directors L.A.chpt. 1942-1948).
Married Eunice Magdalene Ewy, June 1, 1942 (deceased March 26, 2000). Children: Charles Elwood, Jon Lee. Married Irene I. Cords Walter, January 1, 2001.