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Schmidt, Esther Katherine (1899-1987)
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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 20 Aug 1987 p. 8;
Birth date: 1899
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● Funeral services for Esther Katherine Schmidt, 88, of Newton, were held Aug. 15 at Faith Mennonite Church, Newton, with Ed Stucky officiating. Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Newton. A former teacher and missionary to the Indians in Oklahoma, she died Aug. 12 at Bethel Deaconess Hospital. A native of Pawnee Rock, she had moved to Newton 25 years ago from Oklahoma. Survivors include four sons, Richard, Lincoln, Neb.; Robert and Wilbur, both of Newton; James of Oklahoma City, Okla.; one daughter, Eleanor Nickel of Newton; two brothers, Sam Schmidt of Revere, Mass., and Roland Schmidt of Pawnee Rock; two sisters, Lena Grossardt of Claflin and Elizabeth Lundstedt of Long Beach, Calif.; seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, August Schmidt; three brothers and three sisters.
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 22 Oct 1987 p. 11
