B 11 Feb 1876 in Nebraska; died 15 Apr 1942 Fort Calhoun, NE

#1-16 Apr., 1942 - The Enterprise - Mrs. Claus Schmidt

DIES SUDDENLY OF STROKE

Mrs. Claus Schmidt, Fort Calhoun, died suddenly of a stroke late Wednesday afternoon while crossing the Fort Calhoun ball park on her way to town to do some shopping. Funeral arrangements are not yet completed.

Mrs. Schmidt was 65 years old at the time of her death; she leaves the husband, who is a brother of E. W. Schmidt of Blair, and several children.

#2-Woman Falls Dead in Park

Mrs. Claus Schmidt Died Suddenly At Fort Calhoun Yesterday

Mrs. Claus Schmidt, about 70 whose husband is seriously ill following a stroke suffered last week-end, dropped dead at 4 p.m. yesterday while walking through the Fort Calhoun baseball park with a friend Mrs. Art Jipp.

Mrs. Schmidt was walking to the post office to mail a letter to her sons at Tekamah, asking them to come to Fort Calhoun to do some of the planting for them due to the father’s illness.

Death was ascribed to a heart attack. The body was taken to the Sievers Funeral Home, and services had not been arranged at noon today.

The Fort Calhoun woman is survived by her husband; four sons, Chris, William and Allan, all of Tekamah, and Fred of California; one daughter, Mrs. Kate Saltzmann of Tekamah; two half-brothers, W. H. “Bill” Miller of Blair and Bert Miller of California; and a half-sister, Mrs. Edward E. Smith of Colorado. She was a sister-in-law of E. W. Schmidt, Mrs. J. L. Pounds and Mrs. E. C. Lippincott, all of Blair.

#3- Schmidt Services Held Here Sunday

Funeral services for Mrs. Claus Schmidt, 66, of Fort Calhoun, an account of whose death was published in last week’s Pilot-Tribune, were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist church in Blair. The Rev. T. A. Lindenmeyer, pastor of the Church of Christ, officiated, and interment followed in Blair cemetery.

Find a Grave # 110355294 Blair Cemetery.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~