Willems, Lydia Jantz Schmidt (1902-1971)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1971 Jul 22 p. 8

Birth date: 1902 Jul 12

text of obituary:

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— Word has been received here of the death of Mrs. Lidia [sic Lydia] Willems, 69, at her home near Greensburg, Saturday evening, July 17, after a sudden illness. Funeral services were held Tuesday forenoon at the Greensburg Mennonite Church, with Rev. D. A. Raber in charge. Born at Durham July 12, 1902, she was married to Frank Schmidt in October 1921, at Greensburg. After his death she was married to A. F. Willems on May 8, 1947, who now survives her. Other survivors are, a son, Vernon L. Schmidt, Corunna, Mich.; a daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Collins, Goddard; a brother, Lloyd Jantz, Wichita; and three sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Robison, Mrs. Dalla [sic Della] Hinson, both of Wichita, and Mrs. Edna Jantz, Winfield.