SCHMIDT, Elizabeth (Cordes) 1922-2014

SCHMIDT, NAILOR, CORDES

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 8/28/2014 at 12:14:38

Elizabeth A. Schmidt

(Died August 28, 2014)

Elizabeth A. Schmidt, age 92, of Osage, died Thursday, August 28, 2014, at the Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, September 1, 2014, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Osage with Rev. Bryan Lagerstam officiating. Inurnment will be at the Osage Cemetery. There will be a time for lunch and fellowship following the memorial service at the church.

A more complete obituary is to follow.

Source: Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, 28 AUG 2014
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OSAGE, IOWA - Elizabeth A. Schmidt, 92, of Osage died Thursday, August 28, 2014, at Faith Lutheran Home in Osage.

Memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, September 1, 2014, at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Osage with the Rev. Bryan Lagerstam officiating. Inurnment will be at the Osage Cemetery. There will be a time for lunch and fellowship following the memorial service at the church.

Elizabeth was born January 5, 1922, near Mitchell, Iowa, the daughter of Edwin and Frances (Nailor) Cordes. She attended school in Mitchell and graduated from Mitchell Consolidated High School in 1939. In 1942, she graduated from the Cedar Rapids Business College with a certificate of secretarial and accounting.

Elizabeth was united in marriage to Alvin Schmidt on November 9, 1947, in Osage. She was a devoted wife to Alvin and they traveled extensively throughout Europe and the United States. Elizabeth was a lifelong member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church, where she served as the nursery attendant for many years.

Elizabeth is survived by her sister, Genevieve Johnson of Avoca, Wisconsin; brother, Russell Cordes of Green Bay, Wisconsin; sister-in-law, Ursula Cordes of Arlington and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Alvin in 1999; three brothers, Howard, William and Glen Cordes.

Information available and condolences accepted at www.champion-bucheitfuneralhome.com

Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home, Osage; 641-732-3706.

Source: Mason City Globe Gazette, 30 AUG 2014