SCHMIDT, Frederick Lewis 1935-2002

SCHMIDT, COLE, LATHROP

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/6/2009 at 10:16:40

Frederick Lewis Schmidt, 67, died at his home in Warsaw, Missouri, on Monday, August 12, 2002, of complications of lung cancer and heart disease.

Funeral services were held on Friday, August 16, in North Platte, Nebraska. Rev. Steve Jergensen officiated at the funeral service. Graveside military honors were provided by the North Platte Veterans Organization.

Fred was born on August 11, 1935 in Osage, to Earl C. and Doris (Cole) Schmidt. He attended rural school at the Cedar #10 and the Osage High School. He served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1957 as a paratrooper. He married Joann Lathrop in Marion, Iowa in 1958. They had three children. They divorced in 1968. Fred moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, working as a USDA meat inspector. He married Emily Spanjer in 1973. They moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, where he went to school for diesel mechanics. They moved to Fort Collins, Colorado, where he worked for a John Deere dealership. He was a USDA meat inspector in Fort Collins for some time before moving to Brush, Colorado, where he retired. He moved to Warsaw, Missouri in May 2001.

He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother, Paul; and a step-granddaughter, LeAnn Spanjer.

Survivors include one daughter, Michelle Krouse of Fairfield, Iowa; two sons, Fredrick L. (Kahla) Schmidt, II of Batavia, Iowa and Christopher C. (Linda) Schmidt of Fairfield, Iowa; three step-daughters, Patricia (Tony) Schaffer of Thornton, Colorado, Linda (Cliff) Smith of North Platte and Connie (John) Deines of Fort Collins, Colorado; one step-son, Leland (Elaine) Spanjer of Cozad, Nebraska; one sister, Gaye Younker of Osage; one brother, Robert (Helen) Schmidt of Moline, Illinois; seven grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; and 16 step-great-grandchildren.

The Adams and Swanson Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.

© 2002 Mitchell County Press - August 28, 2002