Mildred Elizabeth (Schuricht) SCHMIDT

SCHMIDT, WISMAR, SCHURICHT

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 1/11/2009 at 14:22:11

Mildred Elizabeth Schmidt, 97, of Living Center East, died there Sunday, August 6, 2006, after a short illness. Memorial Services: 11 a.m. Saturday, September 2, 2006 at Zion Lutheran Church, Annandale, MN. by the Rev. Thomas Queck. Burial: Woodlawn Cemetery, Annandale. Turner West Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

Survivors include five sons, Rev. Frederick Marilyn Schmidt of Dundas, Ontario, Canada, Rev. H. Paul Sylvia Schmidt of Vancouver, B.C., Rev. Stephen Diane Schmidt of Luverne, MN, Leon Marlene Schmidt of Cedar Rapids, and Robert Kathy Schmidt of Edmond, OK; a sister, Sylvia Cyril Wismar of Falls village, CT; thirteen grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Mildred was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and a brother, Adolph.

Mildred was born August 25, 1908 in St. Louis, MO to Otto and Charlotte Schuricht and attended Holy Cross Lutheran School. She married Rev. Herbert Schmidt there on September 12, 1936. He died in 1996. She supported her husband who served five Lutheran parishes during his ministry in Trimont, MN, Verndale, MN, St. Thomas, ND, Wiota, IA, and Eagle Grove, IA. Her greatest joy in life was being a support to her husband in his ministry and raising their five sons in their Christian faith. Mildred had been active in AAL Thrivent and Lutheran Women's Missionary League. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cedar Rapids for the last seven years while residing at Garnett Place and Living Center East. The family would like to thank the staff at Living Center East who became her extended family. Memorials may be directed to the family.

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