Marilyn Schmidt, publisher and owner of Buzby’s General Store, died on Tuesday just shy of her 90th birthday. Despite failing health, she still lived above the General Store until she was hospitalized Feb. 26.
Schmidt was a resident of Barnegat Light for most of her life and started the Barnegat Light Press, publishing popular cookbooks for local fish and sprinkling them with local lore. Schmidt started her second publishing company, the Pine Barrens Press, after moving to Chatsworth20 years ago.
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