Schmitz, Norma Elizabeth (Leuschen) (1922 – 2020)

SCHMITZ, LEUSCHEN, BAUMANN, FRIEDRICHSEN, WILWERDING

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 4/15/2020 at 18:18:48

Name of deceased: Norma Elizabeth Schmitz (nee Leuschen)

Aged: 97 yrs, 4 mo, 3 days

Residence: Denison Care Center, Denison, Crawford County, IA

Born: Nov. 24, 1922; Westphalia, Shelby County, IA

Died: March 27, 2020; Denison Care Center, Denison, Crawford County, IA

Funeral services: Private family funeral service: Wednesday, April 1, 2020; Pauley Jones Pfannebecker Funeral Home, Denison, IA; burial was in St. Rose of Lima Catholic Cemetery, Denison, IA

Survived by: Brother-in-law, Don Friedrichsen of Council Bluffs, IA; nieces; nephews; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Mathias and Mary Frances (nee Baumann) Leuschen; husband, Frank (deceased October 21, 2005); siblings, Ann Wilwerding, Joe Leuschen, Ruth Friedrichsen, and Roman Leuschen

Education: Attended and graduated from St. Boniface Catholic School, Westphalia, IA, Class of 1940

Religious affiliation: Baptized and confirmed at St. Boniface Catholic Church in Westphalia, IA; after moving to Denison in 1979, they became members of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church there, where Norma was a member of the Altar Society.

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Francis "Frank" Schmitz; Nov. 17, 1948; St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA

Employment: Farmer’s wife

Hobbies/Interests: fishing; gardening; playing cards; growing flowers; playing bingo

Sources: pauleyjones.com