Schmidt, John G. 1904-1998

SCHMIDT, WURF, FRERICHS, ROBERTSON, ERKS, ANDRESEN, ROUNDS, MOLZEN, WUEBBEN, KALLSEN

Posted By: Bruce Atkinson (email)
Date: 8/28/2008 at 23:13:56

HAWARDEN, Iowa - John G. Schmidt, 93, of Hawarden died Monday, Feb. 16, 1998, at Hass Hillcrest Care Center in Hawarden.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at American Lutheran Church in Hawarden, with the Rev. Timothy Solberg officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. today, with a prayer service at 7 p.m., at Porter-Dow Funeral Home in Hawarden.
Mr. Schmidt was born Feb. 23, 1904, near Akron, Iowa, the son of John F. and Mathilda (Wurl) Schmidt.
He married Hilda Frerichs on June 15, 1927, near Akron. The couple farmed near Craig, Iowa, before retiring and moving to Hawarden in September 1974. She died May 8, 1992.
He was a member of American Lutheran Church.
Survivors include a son and his wife, Donald and Marlys of Hawarden; a daughter and her husband, Derith and Calvin Robertson of Akron; a sister, Tillie Erks of Akron; seven grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by two brothers, Bill and Elmer; four sisters, Hilda Andresen, Mina Rounds, Ella Frerichs and Emma Molzen; and two half sisters, Hannah Wuebben and Christina Kallsen.

~Sioux City Journal of 17 February 1998