Wilmer C. Schmidt 1925-2010

SCHMIDT, GEBER, HEIMS, NAUMAN, JENKINS, BURKLE, MAIERS, CLAUS, MESCH

Posted By: Cheryl Moonen (email)
Date: 1/23/2015 at 23:11:03

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Wednesday, September 15, 2010

DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Wilmer C. Schmidt, 85, of Dyersville, died Monday, Sept. 13, 2010, at Stonehill Care Center, Dubuque.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 18, at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Robert Gross officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17, at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 5:30 p.m. and a Knights of Columbus rosary will be recited at 7 p.m.

He was born on May 14, 1925, in St. Donatus, son of Ferdinand and Catherine (Geber) Schmidt.

Wilmer served in the Army toward the end of World War II.

He married Dolores Heims on Sept. 12, 1950, in Worthington. Together, they began farming near Bernard, Hopkinton, and finally settling near Earlville, where he was always a progressive farmer. Wilmer also was a skilled metal worker, using his talent in fabricating his own farm equipment. They retired in Dyersville in 1989.

He was a member of the Knights of Columbus Council 1734.

Wilmer was a wonderful and loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He loved spending time with his family, a good card game and a low-scoring golf game.

Surviving are his wife, Dolores; seven children, Carole (Eugene) Nauman, of Dubuque, Gary (Jeanne), of Marion, Rick (special friend, Taña) and Sandy (Dr. Joseph) Jenkins, both of Dubuque, Julie (Joseph) Burkle, of Urbandale, Janice (Larry) Maiers, of Earlville, and Sue Ellen (Steve) Claus, of Loves Park, Ill.; 17 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Elgene Mesch, of Dubuque; and five sisters-in-law, Lorraine, Catherine and Erna Schmidt, Rosie White and Ruth (Dick) Welch.

He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Elmer, Harold, Louis and Donald Schmidt; and several brothers-and sisters-in-law.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com.

The family wishes to extend a special thank-you to the staffs of Stonehill Care Center, Assisi Village, Ellen Kennedy Living Center, Mercy Hospital and Medical Associates for your wonderful care of Wilmer. A grateful thank-you to the extended family members that shared in Wilmer's last days.