Obit: Schmitz, Virginia “Gina” Mae (1934 - 2020)
Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail:
dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Schmitz, Foat, Wolf, Naedler, Wurm, Delis, Gardne4r, Rasmussen,
Gleisner, Haslow, Clark, Schoen, Metcalfe, Kautzer, Marvin, Castner, Bauer, Breu
----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 4/08/2020
Schmitz, Virginia “Gina” Mae (15 August 1934 – 1 April 2020)
Virginia “Gina” M. Schmitz, age 85, of Granton, passed away at Stoney River
Memory Care, in Marshfield, on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. A Mass of Christian
Burial will be held at a later date.
Virginia Mae Wolf was born on August 15, 1934 on the home farm in the Town of
Sherman, Clark County, the daughter of Frank J. and Mildred I. (Foat) Wolf. She
was raised on the family farm, and delivered bottled milk for the family
business, Wolf Guernsey Dairy. She received her education at Griffith Country
School, St. Anthony Catholic School, and graduated from Loyal High School in
1952. She was united in marriage to Marlin R. "Coon" Schmitz on May 30, 1959 at
St. Anthony Catholic Church in Loyal. Virginia worked at St. Joseph's Hospital
in the Histology and pathology Department. She started a family, was a wonderful
stay at home mom, and helped her husband on their dairy farm. They farmed near
Granton until retiring in1997.
She was a member of St. Anthony Catholic Church, and a former member of St.
Stephen Catholic Church in Chili. She loved singing in the choir and being
involved in the PCCW.
Virginia had many interests, but especially loved spending time with her
grandchildren, family and friends, playing cards, gardening, traveling, and ice
skating when she was younger.
She will be dearly missed by her 5 children: Janeen (Rodney) Naedler of Granton,
Mark (Kelly) Schmitz of Spencer, Kay (Russ) Wurm of Potter, Terry (Virginia)
Schmitz of Neillsville, Dean Schmitz (Lisa Delis) of Granton;16 grandchildren;
14 great-grandchildren; 11 siblings: Norman (Monica) Wolf of Spencer, Irene
Gardner of Marshfield, Mary (Roy) Rasmussen of Greenwood, Arnold (Delores) Wolf
of Chili, Laurette (Charlie) Gleisner of Spencer, Larry Wolf of Ladysmith,
Rachelle (Randy) Haslow of Greenwood, Clarice (Richard) Clark of Greenwood,
Dennis (Gloria) Wolf of Marshfield, Randal (Rosey) Wolf of Unity, Renee (Rodney)
Schoen of Neillsville; one sister-in-law: Doris Wolf of Stratford; several
nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Marlin, on January 8,
2017: one grandson: Joshua Schmitz; 3 sisters: Janet Metcalfe, Delores Kautzer,
June Marvin; one brother: Patrick Wolf; and 6 brothers-in-law: Kenny Marvin,
Merlin Gardner, Stanley Metcalfe, John Castner, Dennis Bauer, and Pete Breu.
Online condolences may be made at
www.cuddiefh.com. Arrangements are pending.
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