SCHMIDT, Herman Edward: 1879-1951

SCHMIDT, SCHAU, BALDWIN, BOYER, GRANT, WILLIAMS

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Date: 3/22/2014 at 04:32:21

HERMAN EDWARD SCHMIDT

Herman Edward Schmidt, son of Frederick and Caroline Schau Schmidt, was born July 19, 1879 in Germany, and passed away March 23, 1951 in the Graham Hospital in Keokuk, Iowa at the age of 71 years, 8 months and 4 days.

On October 29, 1882 he came to the United States with his parents and they settled near Farmington, Iowa.

He was engaged in farming a good many years of his life and also did carpenter work.

On July 9, 1905 he was united in marriage to Miss Elsie Baldwin at North Yakima, Washington. To this union was born one son, Claude. On July 11, 1906, Elsie passed away.

On February 17, 1910 he was married to Miss Bertha Boyer at Farmington, Iowa. To this union was born three children, Frances, Edna and Myrle.

In his youth he accepted the Lord as his Saviour, and at the time of his death was an active member of the First Baptist church of Farmington, Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents, 3 sisters and 4 brothers.

He is survived by his wife, Bertha, two sons, Claude of Oakridge, Oregon and Myrle of Silvis, Illinois, two daughters, Mrs. Frances Grant of East Moine, Illinois and Mrs. Edna Williams of Moline, Illinois, one sister, Mrs. Emma Schmidt of Bonaparte Iowa, and one brother, George Schmidt of Keosauqua, Iowa, eleven grandchildren; several nieces and nephews and a host of other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were held Monday at 2:00 p.m. from the Baptist church with the Rev. Corwin Sanders officiating. Interment in Farmington cemetery.

"E'en for the dead I will not bind my soul to grief;
Death cannot long divide.
For is it not as though the rose that climbed my garden wall,
Has blossomed on the other side?
Death doth hide,
But not divide;
Thou art but on Christ's other side!
Thou art with Christ and Christ with me;
In Christ united still are we."

Source: Scrapbook of Unknown Origin, Page 132