Obit: Schmidt, Rosina (1868 - 1957)

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Surnames: Schmidt, Grosshuesch, Lerche, Thede, Geisler, Hagle, Young, Schwierske, Morris, Harding, Bauggart, Anderson, Malsted

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 01/03/1957

Schmidt, Rosina (23 Mar. 1868 - 1 Jan. 1957)

Mrs. Rosina Schmidt died at the Havenet Nursing Home at Owen Tuesday, Jan. 1, at 9:20 A.M. She was the wife of the late Mathias Schmidt who passed away on November 5, 1936. Funeral services will be held this Thursday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the First Evangelical and Reformed church in Colby, Wis., Rev. V. O. Grosshuesch officiating.

Mrs. Schmidt, the former Rosina Lerche, was born in Germany March 23, 1868, and came to the United States when she was 12 years old with her parents who settled in Calumet county.

Surviving are Adalia Thede of Colby, Lillian Geisler and Laone Hagle of Milwaukee, Herman Schmidt of Oshkosh, Alvin Schmidt of Colby, Edward Schmidt of Denmark, Wis., 30 grand children, 48 great grand children and one great, great grand child.

----Source: Colby Phonograph (Colby, Clark County, Wis.) 01/10/1957

Funeral services for Mrs. Rosina Schmidt, who died at the age of 88 years at the Havenet Nursing Home at Owen on January 1st, were held at the First Evangelical and Reformed church last Thursday afternoon and internment was made in the Colby (Colby, Clark Co. Wis.) Cemetery.

Rev. V. O. Grosshuesch officiated at the funeral and Marvin L. Schnabel sang "Beyond the Sunset" and "Take Thou My Hand." Miss Rena Bauer played the organ accompaniment. Pall bearers were Harold, George and Oscar Schmidt and Jack Young, Fred Schwierske and Leroy Thede.

Out of town people here for the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. George Geisler, Mrs. Leona Hagle, Mrs. Thomas Morris and daughter, Jill, and Oscar Schmidt of Milwaukee, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Schmidt of Denmark, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Harding and daughter of Marshfield, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bauggart of Menasha, Mr. and Mrs. William Anderson and Mrs. Ernestine Malsted of Curtiss.

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