Letha DeAnn Schmidt (1939-2021)

SCHMIDT, MILLER, HUTE, HERSHBERGER, HENRY, SPURGEON

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 8/25/2021 at 14:13:07

MESA, AZ-Letha D. Schmidt, 81, formerly of Muscatine, passed away on Saturday, August 21, 2021, at The Citadel Assisted Living Facility in Mesa.

Private interment will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Muscatine at a later date. The Ralph J. Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Memorials may be made directly to The Shriner's Hospital in Chicago. Online condolences may be made at www.wittichfuneralhome.com .

Letha DeAnn was born on November 29, 1939, in Hutchinson, Kansas, the daughter of Delmer D. and Ethel L. Miller. She married Harold E. Schmidt on March 9, 1968, in Wellman, Iowa. He preceded her in death in 2010

Letha worked at Muscatine General Hospital from 1968-1995 as the Director of Materials Management. She was a member of the Sweetland United Methodist Church in Muscatine, Women of the Moose, Muscatine Hospital Auxiliary, and the American Legion.

Letha is survived by her daughter, Tina and Eric Hute of Mesa, Arizona; two sons, Thomas and Donna Hershberger of Quad Cities, Iowa, and Timothy and Nargiza Hershberger of Cantonment, Florida; two stepdaughters, Candice Henry of Arvada, Colorado, and Marla and Bob Spurgeon of Muscatine, Iowa; and one stepson, Randy Schmidt of Muscatine, Iowa; numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren; one brother, Glenn and Wanda Miller of Willard, Missouri.

She is preceded in death by her husband Harold, her parents, sister and two step grandchildren.

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Published by The Muscatine Journal on Aug. 25, 2021.