Schmidt, Henry H. (1890-1946)

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 8 Aug 1946 p. 3

Birth date: 1890

text of obituary:

HENRY SCHMIDT

Henry H. Schmidt was born in McPherson county Kansas, on June 21, 1890, and departed this life July 15, 1946, at 4:00 P.M. at the Salem hospital, Hillsboro, Kansas, at the age of 56 years and 24 days.

He was baptized upon the confession of faith in his Redeemer by Rev. Heinrich Banman on June 4, 1911, and received as a member of the Alexanderwohl church of which he remained a faithful member until his death.

On August 15, 1915, he was united in holy matrimony with Agnetha Nickel and for 31 years they shared the joys and sorrows of life together. God blessed the home with four children, two daughters and two sons. He was a dear and loving father to his family, always caring and providing physically and also spiritually.

During his life he enjoyed fairly good health until January, 1944, when he became ill and upon consulting several doctors he was informed that he could not be cured. This was very hard for him and also his family to believe. But he gave himself entirely into the Lord’s will. He prayed much and bore his illness very patiently. During the first part of March he lost his voice but he could speak in a whisper, for which we were very thankful.

On May 29 he was taken to the Bethesda hospital at Goessel and on July 8 he had to be changed to the Salem Hospital at Hillsboro. At both places the nurses and doctors gave him the best of care.

To us the memory of him will ever remain a blessing. We mourn the departure of him who left us so soon, but rejoice in the assurance that he often gave us, that he was ready to be with the Lord and that one day there will be a reunion in glory.

He quietly fell asleep in the Lord. His death was attributed to a tumor on the right lung.

His father and two brothers and two sisters preceded him in death. He leaves to mourn his sudden departure his deeply bereaved wife; two daughters, Frieda (Mrs. Ed. J. Schroeder) and Esther; two sons, Orlando and Roland; also one son-in-law and three grandchildren, his aged mother, two brothers, one sister, and a host of relatives and friends.

He would not want the ones he loves
To grieve for him today
We must not say that he is dead,
For he is just away—
Away upon a journey
To a land that’s bright and fair;
And though we all will miss him here
We know he’s happy there—
And memories of him will bring
New comfort every day
As we recall he is not dead
For he is just away.

The funeral services were held in the Alexanderwohl church July 19, in the afternoon, in charge of Rev. Phillip A. Wedel, assisted by C. C. Wedel, who presented a short message at the grave side.