Memorial services for William "Bill" Waldemar Schubert, 87, of Livingston, Texas, will be held Friday, April 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Livingston, Texas with Rev. Steve Woody officiating. A Celebration of Life service will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. in the First United Methodist Church in Anahuac, Texas.

Bill Schubert passed away peacefully in Livingston, Texas on April 4, 2019. He was born in Effingham, Illinois and graduated from high school in Merchantville, New Jersey. He went on to earn a music degree from Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. Bill proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps where he used his musical talent to build a recruit choir. After the service, Bill went back to school to earn a Bachelor's degree in order for him to teach public school. He then became the Choir Director for high school in Anahuac, Texas. Eventually, receiving his Master's degree in Performance from Lamar University.

Bill was also very active in church and served as choir director and youth minister in the First United Methodist Church in Bay City, Texas and in the Grace Methodist Church in Baytown, Texas. In his spare time, Bill preformed in many musicals, but his favor part was Tevye in "Fiddler On The Roof." He performed in Baytown and Liberty Little Theaters, the Beaumont Opera, the Houston Opera, and at Lamar University.

Bill is preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Wilma Schubert; and his first wife, Shirley Schubert. He is survived by his wife, Wilbur Lee Schubert; sons, Mark Schubert and wife, Pam, and son, Billy Schubert and wife, Liz; daughter, Belinda Schubert and partner, Dewey Windham; step-son, Mike Chessher; step-daughter, Melissa Chessher; grandchildren, Kellie Standley, Blake Standley, Robbie Schubert and wife, Anne, Dustin Schubert and wife, Macie, Nicole Grisham and husband, Matt, Shelli Wendland and husband, Kevin, Shawn Schubert, Scott Schubert, Stephanie Daniels and husband, Ron, Kelsey Kelley and husband, Cody, Nicole Belanger, and Emily Chessher; 12 great-grandchildren; and special friends, Chris Rash, Martha Norris, and the Sunday Morning Breakfast Club; along with numerous other family members, friends, and students whose lives he touched.

He was a great teacher, educator and philosopher with a magnificent tenor voice. He enjoyed a successful career in music as a performer and an educator. He built an award-winning choir program at Anahuac High School and changed the lives of many students by helping them find their voice. Bill will always be remembered as a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and friend. He will be greatly missed by all that knew him.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Livingston First United Methodist Church Music Ministry, P.O. Box 1638, Livingston, Texas 77351 or to a charity of your choice.