Editing Schmidt, Caroline Buller (1871-1962)

''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary:  1961 Mar 9  p. 7 
      
Birth date: 1871
	    
text of obituary:     

<font size="+2">'''90th Birthday Observed By South Dakota Pioneer'''</font>

<center><h3>MRS. CAROLINE SCHMIDT CAME FROM IOWA BY COVERED WAGON </h3></center>   

Freeman, S. D. &#8212; Mrs. Caroline Schmidt, pioneer settler of the Dolton community, was honored on her 90th birthday anniversary Friday, Feb. 24, when her children arranged for a supper in Pioneer Hall at Freeman College to which all of her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nephews and nieces and some friends were invited.  After the supper a program was given, featuring songs, music, poetry, family history, a solo by Grandmother Schmidt, and a talk by Rev. Schellenberg.  A total of 155 people were present.
 
Mrs. Schmidt was born in Russia in 1871 and came to America in 1874 with her parents, Heinrich and Helena Unruh Buller. The family first settled near Washington, Iowa, where they lived for four years, and then came to South Dakota by covered wagons, settling northwest of what is now the town of Dolton.  

<center>'''Lived on Farm 77 Years''' </center>      

Mrs. Schmidt lived on the home farm for 77 years.  She was married to Jacob J. Schmidt in 1888 and they were permitted to live together for more than 64 years.  He died in 1952.  The children are Peter, Sam, Abe, Erwin, Herbert, Susie (Mrs. Peter Deckert), Emma (Mrs. Tobias Koehn), and Esther (Mrs. Jake Schartner).  A daughter Nettie, Mrs. Abe Buller, is deceased.  There are 27 living grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren.  

Mrs. Schmidt enjoys life in the Salem Home for Aged in Freeman, where she has resided since 1956.  She enjoys Sunday in the homes of one of her children as they take her “out” on Sundays, enabling her to attend church services.   

Visitors coming from a distance for the birthday observance were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Schultz and Mr. and Mrs. Albert Boese of Yankton, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Boese, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Boese and Kathryn Ratzlaff of Sioux Falls, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Boese, Mr. and Mrs. John DeRoos and Mr. and Mrs. Herman Schultz from the Avon-Springfield community, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Unruh of Elkton, Mr. and Mrs. Duane Haar from Sioux City, Missionary Lillian Zerbe and Ferdinand Zerbe from Montana.    

Grandchildren not able to be present were Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Schmidt and Orville Schmidt of Henderson, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Victor Koehn of Oneida, Tenn., Ruth Koehn of Pierrre, Mr. and Mrs. Don Jaquess and Mr. and Mrs. Lester Vogt of Upland, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Don Preheim of Buhler, Kan., and Allan Schmidt, doing Pax work in Germany.


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