Mary Constance (Anderson) PALS SCHMIDT SIEFKES

SCHMIDT, OLEARY, ANDERSON, SIEFKES, PALS, BROWN, CLAYTON, WILSON, POPP

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 5/18/2014 at 19:08:05

May 4, 1927 --- April 22, 2014

Mary “Mary Lou” Schmidt, 86, Kimberling City, MO and Apache Junction, AZ, died April 22, 2014 at Mountain Vista Medical Center in Mesa, AZ. Services will be held Thursday, May 1 at Zion Reformed Church, rural Sheffield, with interment in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5-7 p.m. Wednesday at Retz Funeral Home in Sheffield.

Mary Constance was born May 4, 1927 in South Amboy, NJ, a daughter of Leonard Orval and Mary Veronica (O’Leary) Anderson. When she was young the family moved to Thornton. She was raised in the Catholic Church and graduated from Thornton High School. On May 16, 1944 Mary Lou married Theodore Pals. They joined First Reformed Church in Meservey and later Zion Reformed, and were very active in church activities. Together Ted and Mary Lou farmed near Meservey, Rockwell and Sheffield. She was an active participant in farming activities, and there are fond memories of her driving the John Deere two-row corn picker. She was also employed as a waitress in a cafe in Sheffield and as a seasonal worker for nine years with Sukup Manufacturing.

Later Mary Lou married Richard Schmidt and lived in Latimer. After his death, Mary Lou married Glenn Siefkes and they made their home in Kimberling City and Apache Junction. Mary Lou loved to play cards, dance, read, sing, listen to music, and visit with friends and family. She enjoyed watching her kids and grandkids participate in their sporting and musical activities.

She was preceded in death by her two husbands; son Alan; brother Richard; and sister Margaret. Mary Lou is survived by her husband Glenn Siefkes; children Barbara Brown of Las Vegas, NV, Jerry (Sue) Pals of Crystal, MN, and Mick (Terri) Pals of Sheffield; grandchildren Tim (P.A.) Pals, Jeff (Melissa) Clayton, Josh (Amy) Pals, Jonell Wilson, Chase (Katie) Pals, Jordan Pals and Logan Pals; great-grandchildren William, Ella, Teddy, Garrett, Trevor and Ryder; and sister Darlene Popp of Grimes.