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Schmidt, Melvin Eugene (1924-2004)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2005 Jan 17 p. 8
Birth date: 1924 Dec 7
text of obituary:
MELVIN EUGENE SCHMIDT
Melvin Eugene Schmidt, 79, of Lamont, Fla., died Dec. 6, 2004, at Hospice Hospital in Tallahassee. He was born Dec. 7, 1924, to Louis and Lodie Schmidt of Durham, Kan.
He grew up in Greensburg, Kan., and served in the army during World War II. After working at Cities Services Gas Co. in Ulysses, Kan., for 38 years, he retired and moved to Walsenburg, Colo., where he was a faithful member of Walsenburg Mennonite Church. In 2002 he moved to Lamont, Fla.
Survivors include his present wife, Wanda Aker Schmidt; one son; two grandsons; four brothers and two sisters. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Neva, and his second wife, Dorothy.
Graveside services were held at Fairview Cemetery in Greensburg, Kan.
