John B. Schmidt, 69, retired for the past eight years, died after a lingering illness Tuesday afternoon at his home, 913 S. 15th St., Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at the Reedsville Funeral Home and at 9:30 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Clarks Mills. The Rev. Michael Fetko will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Schmidt was born Dec. 14, 1882, in the town of Cato and on Nov. 4, 1907, married Sophia Staudinger. They farmed for 37 years in the Town of Cato and eight years ago came to Manitowoc. The deceased operated a tavern at Reedsville for two years. He was treasurer of the
Quarry Riverside Telephone Company for 12 years, and also a member of the Holy Name Societies of St. Mary Church of Clarks Mills and St. Boniface of Manitowoc.
Survivors include his wife, four sons, Bernard and Leo of Manitowoc, Gordon of Rt. 2, Reedsville and John of Rt., 4, Manitowoc; seven daughters, Mrs. Norman Gustavson and Mrs. John Hodzinski of Sheboygan; Mrs. Paul Behnke of Milwaukee, Mrs. Herman Strobl and Mrs. Harold Tetzlaff of Appleton and Mrs. Joseph Mrotek and Mrs. Allen Backhaus of Manitowoc;
six brothers, Andrew and George of Phlox, Wis., Louis of Valders, Joseph of Rt. 1, Valders, and Peter and Albert of Manitowoc; and 28 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Reedsville Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Wednesday where the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times Wednesday, June 25, 1952 pg. 2-M
John B. Schmidt, 69, retired for the past eight years, died after a lingering illness Tuesday afternoon at his home, 913 S. 15th St., Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday at the Reedsville Funeral Home and at 9:30 at St. Mary Catholic Church, Clarks Mills. The Rev. Michael Fetko will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Schmidt was born Dec. 14, 1882, in the town of Cato and on Nov. 4, 1907, married Sophia Staudinger. They farmed for 37 years in the Town of Cato and eight years ago came to Manitowoc. The deceased operated a tavern at Reedsville for two years. He was treasurer of the
Quarry Riverside Telephone Company for 12 years, and also a member of the Holy Name Societies of St. Mary Church of Clarks Mills and St. Boniface of Manitowoc.
Survivors include his wife, four sons, Bernard and Leo of Manitowoc, Gordon of Rt. 2, Reedsville and John of Rt., 4, Manitowoc; seven daughters, Mrs. Norman Gustavson and Mrs. John Hodzinski of Sheboygan; Mrs. Paul Behnke of Milwaukee, Mrs. Herman Strobl and Mrs. Harold Tetzlaff of Appleton and Mrs. Joseph Mrotek and Mrs. Allen Backhaus of Manitowoc;
six brothers, Andrew and George of Phlox, Wis., Louis of Valders, Joseph of Rt. 1, Valders, and Peter and Albert of Manitowoc; and 28 grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Reedsville Funeral Home after 7 p.m. Wednesday where the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
Manitowoc Herald Times Wednesday, June 25, 1952 pg. 2-M
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Family Members
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Margarethe K. Schmidt Schmelter
1879–1909
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George Wenzel Schmidt
1885–1965
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Andrew J. Schmidt
1887–1971
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Albert Henry Schmeid
1890–1952
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Albert Schmidt
1890–1952
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Anna F Schmidt
1892–1928
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Joseph Henry Schmidt
1892–1980
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Louis Edward Schmidt
1896–1979
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Peter Michael Schmidt
1898–1970
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Edward Ferdinand Schmied
1905–1905
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Bernard John Schmidt
1909–1993
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Loretta C. Schmidt Gustaveson
1911–2001
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Eleanor Schmidt Behnke
1913–1979
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Leo Donald Schmidt
1915–1985
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Lucille H "Ceil" Schmidt Strobl
1917–2007
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Gordon E Schmidt
1919–1973
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John Louis Schmidt
1921–1997
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Helen Schmidt Tetzlaff
1923–2015
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Sylvia Schmidt Hodzinski
1925–2021
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Genevieve M Schmidt Backhaus
1930–2017
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