Mrs. Schmitt, Mother of 17, is Dead at 79
Mrs. Anna Schmitt, widow of Henry Schmitt, founder of the Schmitt Lumber Co., Two Rivers and mother of 17 children, 11 sons and six daughters, died at the family home, Wednesday. She had been in failing health for the past three months.

Mrs. Schmitt, nee Anna Geimer, was born in the town of Cooperstown, January 20, 1884, daughter of the late Jacob and Anna Rippinger Geimer. She received her elementary education in the Cooperstown area after which she enrolled at Central State Teacher College at Stevens Point. After a year, she came to Two Rivers, where she married Mr. Schmitt on May 5, 1904. He died April 10, 1939.

Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Agnes Taddy and Mrs. Willard Birr,Two Rivers; Dr. Louise Schmitt, Milwaukee; Mrs. Frank Gorski, Appleton; Mrs. John A. Kraemer, Manitowoc and Mrs. Wayne Stedman, Racine; 10 sons, Sylvester, Raymond, Francis, Joseph, Paul and James, Two Rivers; Aloysius, Oshkosh and the Revs. Henry, Chilton; Leo of Aniwa and John, Plainfield; 85 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren. A son, Bernard, Green Bay, preceded her in death June 2, 1962.

Funeral services were held Friday at St. Luke Catholic Church, Two Rivers. Three sons of Mrs. Schmitt participated in the mass. Celebrant was the Rev. Henry Schmitt, pastor of St. Mary Parish, Chilton, while the Rev. Leo Schmitt, pastor of St. Boniface, Aniwa was deacon. Sub-deacon was the Rev. John Schmitt, pastor of St. Paul Church, Plainfield. Her four sons, the Schmitt Brothers Quartet, Francis, Joseph, Paul and James, sang the mass, with son, Raymond, organist. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery.

Denmark Press, Thursday, April 1, 1963, page 18

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ANN (GEIMER) SCHMITT
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Schmitt, 79, of 1623 - 18th St., Two Rivers, who died Wednesday were at 11:15 a.m. Friday at St. Luke Catholic Church, Two Rivers.

Three priest sons, a priest nephew and grandson participated in the solemn requiem high Mass and a college president delivered the sermon. Celebrant deacon and sub-deacon respectively, were the Revs. Henry, Leo and John Schmitt, sons of Mrs. Schmitt and at side altars were Rev. Mark Schmitt, a nephew, and the Rev. Jerome Taddy, a grandson. Singing the Mass were Mrs. Schmitt's sons, the Schmitt Brothers Quartet, Francis, Joseph, Paul and James, son Raymond, organist.

The sermon was delivered by the Very Rev. Dennis Burke, O.P. president of the St. Norbert's College, De Pere, which in 1957 paid tribute to Mrs. Schmitt, widow of Henry Schmitt, founder of the lumber firm at Two Rivers bearing the Schmitt name, by awarding her the first Alma Mater Award.

Father Burke cited Mrs. Schmitt's many contributions as a fine Christian mother devoted to her family and her community. Among church dignitaries at the funeral were Most Rev. John B. Grelinger, auxiliary bishop of the Green Bay Diocese, Rt. Rev. Abbot Sylvester M. Killeen, abbot of St. Norbert Abbey, West De Pere, Right Rev. Msgr. C.A. Rogella, chancellor of Green Bay Diocese, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Victor Hoppa, dean, Antigo, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Leo Schorn, Oshkosh, Rt. Rev. Emil Schmit, Appleton, Rt. Rev Msgr. Martin Jaeckels, dean, Hilbert, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Peter Saint, Green Bay, Rt. Rev. Msgr. John S. Landowski, Manitowoc, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Theodore Verbeten, Green Bay, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph Gluckstein, Neenah, Rt. Rev. Joseph Ahearn, Menasha, Rt. Rev. Msgr. Francis Herman, Algoma and the Rt. Rev. James W. Foster, Jefferson.

Representing the Society for The Preservation of Barbershop Quartet Singing in America Inc. from the international office in Kenosha in which Mrs. Schmitt's sons the Schmitt Brothers have long been prominent was Robert C. Hafer, executive director accompanied by Mrs. Hafer.

Also some 85 other clergymen largely from parishes in the Green Bay Diocese were in attendance. Burial was in the family plot at Calvary Cemetery, Two Rivers. Six grandsons were pallbearers. In charge of the funeral were Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers.

Two Rivers Reporter, Two Rivers, WI., March 30, 1963

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[Ann K.]
(Anna Katherine (Geimer) Schmitt/b. 20 Jan 1884/d. 27 Mar 1963)
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City cemetery records contain the following:
Name: Schmitt, Anna K. (An
Age: 79
Burial Date: 3-29-1963
Type: I (Interment or Regular Burial)