Schmidt, Frederick Paul (1947-2006)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2006 Feb 27 p. 12

Birth date: 1947 Nov 15

text of obituary:

FREDERICK PAUL SCHMIDT

Frederick Paul Schmidt, 58, of Newton, Kan., died Feb. 12, 2006, after a four-year battle with cancer. He was born Nov. 15, 1947, to Rudy and Luella (Funk) Schmidt in Goessel.

He married Jo-Ann Enns of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., on Nov. 30, 1968, in Fort Wayne, Ind. They met during a Mennonite Voluntary Service term in Fort Wayne, and lived in both Kansas and Ontario.

He was an electrician, dairy farmer, nursing home administrator, construction worker, social worker and group home house parent at different times. He worked hard and enjoyed his work, due in large part to the people with whom he associated. He had an honest and easy-going approach to life, with a sense of humor that he maintained to the end. He loved his family, including his extended family and circles of friends. He was a member of Tabor Mennonite Church of rural Goessel.

Survivors include his wife, Jo-Ann; two sons, Jeffrey Schmidt of Newton and Michael Schmidt and his wife, Christina Reimer, of Toronto, Ont.; a daughter, Rachel Schmidt and her husband, James Cressman, of Toronto; his father, Rudy Schmidt, and his wife, Nola, of Goessel; a brother, Jim Schmidt of Goessel; a stepbrother, Jerry Kremer of Seward, Neb.; two sisters, Kathy Schmidt of Goessel and Mary Ulsaker of McPherson; parents-in-law John and LaVina Enns of Parkhill, Ont.; and two grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Luella Schmidt.

Services were held at Tabor Mennonite Church.