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Submitted: 12/21/13 • Approved: 7/31/16 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R21607-G21605-S3
Fred
March 17, 1917 - November 26, 1993
Son of Jacob B & Anna Schmidt
Velma
November 6, 1920 - April 18, 2003
*Obituary
Great Bend (Kan.) Tribune
Published 19 Apr 2003
Velma D Schmidt, 82,died April 18 at Great Bend Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born November 6, 1920, in Pawnee County,to Peter Christian and Lillie Mae Unruh Schultz. She married Fred William Schmidt on September 17, 1939, at Hutchinson.He died November 26, 1993. A lifetime Barton and Pawnee County resident, she worked for 16 years as a Pawnee Rock School secretary. She was a member of Bergthal Mennonite Church,Pawnee Rock, where she served as organist for 60 years. She was active in the Women's Mission Society for most of her married life. Survivors include: two sons, Jarold Schmidt of Larned and Sandy Schmidt of Pawnee Rock; one daughter,Sharon Schaefer of Mound City; one brother, Elwyn Schultz of LaMarque, Texas; 10 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by one brother, Orville Schultz; and one sister, Glennis Carr.
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Contributed on 12/21/13
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