AGED FT. CALHOUN WOMAN IS BURIED

Mrs. Margaretha Schmidt, 95, once of Blair, died at Calhoun Friday.

Victim of a stroke last Thursday, Mrs. Margaretha Schmidt, 95, one of Washington County's oldest residents, died Friday at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hans Schmidt, west of Fort Calhoun. She had lived there since 1936, two years after the death of Hans Schmidt.

Mrs. Schmidt was born September 5, 1845, in Bendorf, Germany, and was married to Mr. Schmidt in the old country. They and their two sons, Henry and Hans, came to United States in the spring of 1884, settling on a farm near Blair. In later years Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt moved into Blair, where Mr. Schmidt died in 1924.

Surviving Mrs. Schmidt are her son, Henry; her daughter-in-law, Mrs Hans Schmidt; 12 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services, in charge of the Sievers Funeral Home, were held at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair. The Rev. H.C. Jul. Frese, pastor, officiated. Interment was in Blair Cemetery.

#2-Printed in the July 31, 1941 Enterprise, Blair, Nebraska

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Calhoun Woman Succumbs At Age Of 95 years.

Mrs. Margareta Schmidt Passed Away Last Friday Near Calhoun

Mrs. Margareta Schmidt passed away last Friday, July 25th at the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hans Schmidt of near Fort Calhoun. Had she lived until next September 5th, she would have been 96 years of age.

She was born in Bendorf, Germany where she was baptized and confirmed. She was married to Dietrich Schmidt. Two sons, Henry and Hans were born to them. Hans passed away in 1934.

Mrs. Schmidt and her husband emigrated to America in 1884 and took up farming near Blair and later moved to Blair. The husband passed away on November 22, 1924 and Mrs. Schmidt continued to live alone in her home until November 1st, 1936 when she went to the home of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Hans Schmidt where she lived until her death, with all the care loving hands could give.

She had been in exceptionally good health up to the day preceding her death when she suffered a stroke from which she did not rally and which caused her death.

She was a woman of rare ability and those who knew her respected her highly. Funeral services are held Sunday afternoon from the Trinity Lutheran Church in Blair and interment was made in the Blair cemetery. Thus closes the last chapter of a life exemplary in all manner and an example well worthy of emulation.

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

Note: Death date from stone. Name was spelled Margaretha on stone

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