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GEORG SCHMIDT   cemetery #51

From Der Nord Westen, 04 Feb. 1892: (From the correspondent in Brillion, 02 Feb.)
Death in Kasson, Town Maple Grove, of George Schmit, a 60 yr. old bachelor, 
of lung disease.


GEORGE SCHMIDT  (d. 1925)  cemetery #44

ILL BUT SHORT TIME, GEORGE SCHMIDT DIES
Illness contracted at the time of the funeral of his brother Charles, 
three months ago, caused the death of George (Jones) Schmidt at the 
home of his mother, Mrs. Louise Schmidt, 721 Green street at 10 o'clock 
this morning, the immediate cause of death being given as bronchial 
pneumonia. The funeral will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from 
the home, the Rev. O. Menke officiating and burial will be at Evergreen.
Born in this city September 22, 1896 Mr. Schmidt would have been twenty-
nine at his next birthday. He has always made his home here and during 
the World War he entered the service and was at Camp Grant ready for 
overseas duty when the armistice was signed. After his discharge from 
service he again returned to this city and was employed at the Seitz 
restaurant and alleys until he became ill. He never married and was not 
a member of any of the fraternal organizations. Surviving him are his 
mother, Mrs. Louise Schmidt, four sisters, Mrs. Herbert Koepke, Mrs. 
Minnie Ladwig, Mrs. Louise Wiltgen and Miss Ida, all of this city, 
and two brothers, Fred, of North Fond du Lac and Walter of this city.
Manitowoc Herald News, Tuesday, June 2, 1925 P.2


GEORGE SCHMIDT  (d. 1928)  cemetery #89A

PIONEER TWO CREEKS FARMER PASSES AWAY
George Schmidt, Sr., a resident of Manitowoc county for over 60 years 
and father of Mrs. Elwood Burmeister of this city, passed away yesterday 
at the homestead in Two Creeks of infirmities due to old age. For over 
fifty years he operated a farm there but the past few years has lived a 
retired life. Besides the widow, four children, Mrs. Mary Geerdts, 
Charles and Mrs. Emil Jonas, all of Two Creeks, Mrs. Burmeister, Two 
Rivers and four grandchildren survive. Burial will take place at one 
o’clock Friday afternoon from the home with interment at Pioneer’s Rest 
here. Rev. Sievert will officiate.
Manitowoc Herald News, Thursday, March 08, 1928, Page 10


GEORGE F. SCHMIDT   cemetery #82

(unknown newspaper) 12-20-1956
Rites Held Monday for George F. Schmidt
Funeral services were held Monday for George F. Schmidt, 57, who collapsed
and died at home Thursday afternoon. He was supposedly well on the way to
recovery from an earlier siege of sickness.
The services were conducted by the Rev. Vernon Jaberg at the Meiselwitz
Funeral home and burial was made in the Kiel cemetery. Members of the
Franklin American Legion Post took part in the rites.
Mr. Schmidt was born October 24, 1899, in the town of Schleswig, the son
of the late John and Ida Figge Schmidt. He attended district school in the
township and on December 26, 1951, he married the former Florence Greve
of Kiel. The couple made their home in this city. Mr. Schmidt was a 
machine operator for a Milwaukee road building firm. A member of the
Seabees during World War II, he was a member of the Seabee Veterans of
American,a nd a member of the Kupfahl-Megert-Scheib American Legion 
Post No. 5 of Franklin.
Survivors include his wife; step-daughter, stepson, two sisters, Mrs. 
William Lau, Plymouth and Mrs. Arno Lilge, Waldo; brother, Arvin
Schmidt of Schleswig, and four grandchildren. A sister and a brother
preceded him in death.


GORDON E. SCHMIDT   cemetery #6

Gordon D. Schmidt, 53, of Rt. 2, Reedsville, died Tuesday evening at Holy 
Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Reedsville Funeral Home 
and at 11 a.m. at St. Mary Catholic Church, Clarks Mills. The Rev. Leander 
Nickel will officiate and burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Schmidt was born Sept. 7, 1919, in the Town of Cato, son of the late 
John and Sophie Staudinger Schmidt. He married Monica Meidl Oct. 17, 1944, 
at St. Michael Catholic Church, Whitelaw. The couple always farmed. He was 
a member of the Holy Name Society of St. Mary Catholic Church and Catholic 
Knights of Wisconsin.
(Survivors omitted for privacy.)
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Thursday where a rosary 
will be held at 8 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc-Two Rivers, Wis. April 11, 1973


HANS HEINRICH SCHMIDT   cemetery #44

From Der Nord Westen, 21 Jan. 1897:
Suicide by hanging on Sun. evening of 70 yr. old H. H. Schmidt, 
who lives with his son-in-law August Wandke. He was reasonably 
well off and in good health, so the motive is unknown. He left 
a written message on how to handle his funeral, but gave no 
indication for the reason for his act. The burial was yesterday 
at the city cemetery.
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[cause: suicide by hanging]


HARVEY J. SCHMIDT   cemetery #44

From Der Nord Westen, 06 June 1907: 
A little child of Division Street resident Wm. Schmidt 
died Saturday and was buried Tuesday.
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[cause: congenital]


HEINRICH SCHMIDT   cemetery #53

From Der Nord Westen, 27 Jan. 1898
79 yr. old Henry Schmidt died Fri. in Town Maple Grove of old age debility, 
leaving a widow and one son. Burial took place Monday.

Note: Stone may have been misread due to age of stone. Year and month match this
obit. He is the only Heinrich Schmidt in Maple Grove of that year.


HEINRICH SCHMIDT   cemetery #89A

From Der Nord Westen, 19 Oct. 1905:
Death Wed. night of Henry Schmidt, a son of the late Eduard Schmidt 
of Two Rivers, of appendicitis. His death occurred in Watertown where 
he was enrolled at the Lutheran College. The young man was born in 
Two Rivers 16 yrs. ago and is mourned by his mother there. The body 
was brought to Two Rivers for burial Sat.


HELEN J. SCHMIDT   cemetery #66

Mrs. Edward Schmidt, 74, of R. 1, Denmark, died unexpectedly Monday 
afternoon at a Manitowoc hospital following a short illness.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Nativity of the 
B.V.M. Church, Tisch Mills. The Rev. Leonard Woelfel will officiate 
and burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Schmidt, nee Helen Stahl, was born Aug. 18, 1899, at St. Nazianz, 
daughter of the late Cyril and Katherine Stahl. She married to Edward 
Schmidt Jan. 24, 1916, at Chilton, living at Colby and Stockbridge before 
moving to the Denmark area. She was a member of the Rosary Society and 
Golden Agers Club.
Survivors include her husband, six sons and five daughters; three brothers, 
Raymond and Clarence, of New Holstein and Herbert, of Sheboygan; five 
sisters, Mrs. Elmer Critter, Mrs. Irene Lesowe and Mrs. Madeline Meyers, 
of Chilton and Mrs. Ervin Baumgartner and Mrs. Elton Lutzke, of St. Nazians; 
52 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. A son and a sister preceded 
her in death.
Friends may call at DeWane Funeral Home, Denmark, after 2 p.m. Wednesday, 
where the Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m.
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc-Two Rivers, Wis. October 16, 1973


HENRY W. SCHMIDT   cemetery #87

Schmidt Of This City
Henry W. Schmidt, 62, who had resided on Sixth St., died suddenly 
at his  home at 5:30 p.m. Saturday of a heart attack.
He was born in the town of Meeme on July 6, 1884, was the son of 
John and Ida Figge Schmidt and was married on Nov. 28, 1907, to Alma 
Voigt of the town of Schleswig. Together they operated a farm in the 
town of Schleswig and also operated a store and tavern at Rockville. 
For the past year they resided in Kiel, where Mr. Schmidt was employed 
by the Freis Feed company.
Survivors are his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Verna) Wollersheim 
of Garnet, Wis., and Mrs. Milton (Lucille) Conrad of the town of Mosel, 
four grandchildren, three sisters, Mrs. Walter Horneck of Kiel, Mrs. 
William Tau of Sheboygan Falls and Mrs. Arnold Lilge of Waldo, two 
brothers, Arwin of Louis Corners and George of Kiel.
Mr. Schmidt was an elder of the Zion Lutheran church at Louis Corners 
and a director of the Town of Meeme Insurance company.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. at Zion Lutheran church at Louis 
Corners with the Rev. H. O. Grunwald officiating. Burial took place in 
the church cemetery.


HERMAN J. SCHMIDT   cemetery #84

Herman Schmidt of New Holstein is Laid to Rest
New Holstein – Funeral services for Herman Schmidt, aged 51, who died Tuesday, 
June 30, from a sun stroke which he suffered while loading hay on a farm near 
Medford, were held Friday afternoon at the Pfeffer Funeral Home at Chilton.  
The Rev. Arpke of Chilton officiated and burial was made in the Rockville 
cemetery.
Mr. Schmidt was born in Stargardt, Germany, February 25, 1880, the eldest son 
of Franz and Augusta Schmidt.  In the year 1886 he came to America with his 
parents and two brothers, Carl and William.
He spent most of his youth in the towns of New Holstein and Meeme.  He was 
confirmed in the St. John’s Evangelical Reformed church by the Rev. Schildknecht.
Later he moved on a farm at Interwald, Wis.  During the last six summers he had 
been employed by the Universal Engineering company in building paved roads.
The survivors are his aged mother, Mrs. Augusta Schmidt of St. Nazianz; one 
sister, Mrs. Frieda Knorr of Medford, and several brothers, Carl and William of 
New Holstein, Emil and August of Chilton, Fred of Sheboygan, Arthur of Sherwood 
and Otto of Manitowoc.  There are also 20 nieces and nephews.
The Sheboygan Press – Monday, July 6, 1931 – P. 2


IDA SCHMIDT   cemetery #82

Mrs. Arvin Schmidt, 71, of R. 2, Kiel, a life-long resident 
of the Town of Schleswig, died shortly after noon Sunday at 
St. Nicholas Hospital. In ill health for several years, she 
had been a patient at the hospital for the past three weeks.  
The former Ida Heidemann, she was born Feb. 23, 1888, in the 
Town of Schleswig, a daughter of the late William and Marie 
Meyer Heidemann.  She attended district school at Louis 
Corners.  On May 2, 1909, she was married to Arvin Schmidt 
of Schleswig at Zion Lutheran Church at Louis Corners.  
Following their marriage, the couple settled on the present 
homestead farm in the Town of Schleswig, six miles east of 
Kiel.  Mrs. Schmidt was a life-long member of Zion Lutheran 
Church at Louis Corners and the Ladies’ Aid Society of the 
church.
Survivors are her husband; one son, Arthur, at home; four 
daughters, Miss Ella Schmidt, Milwaukee, Miss Erna at home, 
Mrs. Vernon (Irene) Fiebrink, Sheboygan, and Mrs. Elwyn 
(MarJean) Heckmann, Town of Meeme; four grandchildren, and 
one brother, Otto Heidemann, Schleswig. One sister and one 
brother preceded her in death.  
Funeral services will be held at Zion Lutheran Church, Louis 
Corners, with the Rev. William J. Hartwig, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in the Kiel cemetery.
Sheboygan Press, April 6, 1959


JACOB SCHMIDT   cemetery #44

Name: Schmidt, Jacob
D.: 6/10/1877
B.:
Reg. D.: 12/27/1877
Sex: M/W
Age at Death:
B.P.: Germany
D.P.:
Cem.:
Ch.:
Inf. & Address: Rev. Franz. H. O. Pieper
Spouse: Margaretha Schmidt
F.:
M.:
Cause of Death: Brith's Kidney Decease
Pg. #: v.1 p.240


JOHANN SCHMIDT   cemetery #67

From Der Nord Westen, 15 June 1905: (From the correspondent in Mishicott, 13 June)
Death Wed. last week in his home, from old age debility, 
of Mr. J. Schmidt, one of the eldest residents of our town. 
Mr. Schmidt reached the age of 83 plus a few months and is 
survived by 5 sons, all in good circumstances - William and 
Henry here, and John, Louis and Adam in West Superior. The 
funeral was held Sat. afternoon with a large procession from 
the funeral home. John and Adam Schmidt, who arrived here Fri. 
from West Superior to attend their father’s funeral, went back 
Sunday.


JOHANN J. SCHMIDT   cemetery 89A

From Der Nord Westen, 24 Mar. 1904: (From the correspondent in Two Rivers, 21 Mar.)
John Schmidt, a local farmer, died yesterday at age 69. He leaves 
a widow and 10 children, two other children having predeceased him. 
Naturally all the surviving children are grown. The eldest daughter 
is Mrs. H. Luebke here; 5 of the sons are in the construction business 
in Chicago, one of whom is now working on a contract in Baltimore. The 
deceased was proprietor of a fine farm, had worked hard, and will have 
left a worthwhile estate. The funeral will be held Wed. from the Lutheran 
Church. 
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Written by his grandson. -
Ernest Franklin Schmidt, Dec. 1954

THE SCHMIDT FAMILY COMES TO AMERICA
  Revolution was in the air in Europe and in the spring of 1848 and in country
after country revolt flared, violent and bloody, as the common man, oppressed
by authority, disturbed by the industrial revolution and stirred by new liberal
it arose against his autocratic rulers and demanded a voice in his government.
  In the Kingdom of Prussia the people wanted a limited monarchy, a free press
and, most of all, unification of the many German states.  For a few short months
there was hope of success but then the forces of reaction in Fredrick William 
IV's government triumphed and the republican outbreaks were put down.  In fear,
the disgust and in despairs tens of thousands of German revolutionaries and 
liberals in the decade that followed and immigrated to the republic across the 
Atlantic, the United States.  Johann J. Schmidt was one of those emigrants.
  Johann had spent most of his life in the little town of Nisbau, east (nine 
millimeters - 5.6 miles of the city of Selsnedal in the Province of Saxony. 
But many of his relatives and friends had gone to America.  In the early spring
of 1860, with compulsory military training in the Prussian Army immediately 
before him, he left his homeland, stowed away on a ship to America and landed 
at New York City in June of 1860.  He was 21 years old.
  It took him almost a month to cross New York State by way of the Hudson River
and the Erie Canal, but by mid-summer he had reached Buffalo where he boarded a 
train for Chicago.  There he was greeted by relatives and, after a period of time
in that city he set out once more--this time to well north for over 100 miles to 
the village of Two Rivers, Wisconsin, where he found work.  Once more he was among
friends.
  His first love was farming and he was also an expert tanner, as after the Civil 
War began he rode a horse to Green Bay, took a train from there to Chicago and went
to work in a tannery making leather for harnesses for military horses.
  Years passed before he had enough money to send to Germany for his sweetheart, 
Dorothea Gurtz, but on June 30th she arrived in New York City on a ship from Bremen 
and on Sept. 13th, 1863 they were married in Two Rivers.
  A week later he bought 160 acres of forest 5 miles west of town. The land was virgin
wilderness with pine trees up to thirty inches in diameter growing on it.  The only 
signs that man had ever before walked in the green dusk below its green trees were a 
few Indian trails.  He paid $800.00 for the land - five dollars an acre.   Then he 
set out to clear a farm from the wilderness - a task that would have staggered a 
lesser man.
  Johann Schmidt was a tall man, strong and extremely industrious and before long, 
taking advantage of every minute he could get away from the Two Rivers Tannery, he 
had cut a road into his land and had built a log house.  It was a simple home with 
a dirt floor and a fireplace in its single room.  Soft-tanned deerskins decorated 
it and kept the winter cold from the young pioneer family. In the cabin in June of
the next year Johann and Dorothea's first child was born.  The Civil War had been 
over for just two months and 3 days.
  The little boy, Louis, played with the children of passing Indian parties and as 
he grew up, the little log cabin also grew for five other children arrived during 
the next ten years.
  In 1875 a new log house was built, an imposing structure two stories high - with
ample room for a family that would grow, by 1889, to thirteen children.  It was a 
well built house, but there were many cold winter mornings when the north wind, 
blowing between the cracks in the logs, powdered the upstairs floors with snow and 
made it mighty tough for a youngster to leave his warm feather-bed.
  Tragedy struck thrice at the family when first a little boy and then two little 
girls died, but there were blessings too, as the forest was pushed back and the good
earth began to produce food.
  Occasionally the neighbors would band together to hunt a marauding bear or wildcat,
but none of the Schmidt boys joined these parties, for their father, who had put an 
ocean between himself and the things military and who couldn't bear to hurt an animal,
would not permit a gun to be used on his property.
  Sometime during the latter part of the 1870's, Johann brought his father and mother 
from Germany. Heinrich Schmidt and Maria Schmidt spent the last years of their lives 
on the farm and died within two weeks of each other in 1893.
  Johann Schmidt was a stout disciplinarian who believed in the virtue of hard work 
for his children and for himself.  He was deeply religious and had a fine sense of 
humor.  His code said, "The law is no better than your word."
  He was a strong hard man in pioneer times that demanded strength and hardness, and 
along with the harvest of his good land, he also raised some good citizens for his 
adopted country.
  Written by his grandson. -
  Ernest Franklin Schmidt, Dec. 1954


JOHN SCHMIDT   cemetery #44

From Der Nord Westen, 10 Aug. 1899:
Death Tues. of the 4-wk. old son of 7th Ward resident Eduard Schmidt.
*******
[cause: convulsions]


JOHN SCHMIDT   cemetery #82

From the Calumet county death records:
John Schmidt (v.7 p.570)
June 1, 1857-May 7, 1923
Widower
Space for parents is left blank
Was a carpet weaver
Died from “sarcoma of chest wall and left lung, 1 year”
Buried at the Kiel Cemetery


JOHN M. SCHMIDT   cemetery #87

John M. Schmidt, a resident of the town of Schleswig for over thirty years, 
where he was well known, died very suddenly at his home near Louis Corners 
last Friday evening, of heart failure. Mr. Schmidt had been in poor health 
for a long time and had returned from Manitowoc, where he had been taking 
treatments, a few hours before his death. Deceased was born in New York 
state, April 10, 1856, and came to Manitowoc county as a child of one year 
with his parents, who settled in the town of Meeme. In 1883 he was married 
to Ida Figge, and the couple made their home on a farm in the town of 
Schleswig in 1888, where they have since resided. Mr. Schmidt is survived 
by his widow and three daughters and three sons, namely:  Mrs. Alma Horneck 
of Rhine, Mrs. Anna Horneck of Schleswig, Mrs. Ida Bilge of Kiel, Henry of 
Rockville, Arwin of Schleswig, and George at home. He also leaves one brother, 
Herman of Louis Corners, and two sisters, Mrs. Frischmann of Medford and
(rest missing)


JOSEPHINE SCHMIDT   cemetery #86

Mrs. Herman Schmidt, aged 63, daughter of the late Leonard and Margaret Landua, 
passed away at 11 o’clock on Monday night from a paralytic stroke on the 
homestead farm six miles northeast of this city. Mrs. Schmidt was born May 6th, 
1869, and on January 3rd, 1905 was united in marriage to Herman Schmidt of Louis 
Corners. The couple settled on the Landua homestead where she passed away.
Four children were born of this union, who survive, besides the husband: Herman, 
Jr. and a daughter Helen, both at home, and two children died in infancy.  Two 
sisters, Mrs. Katherine Echkelmann of School Hill and Mrs. Margaret Jomen of 
Manitowoc, and a brother, Henry Landua of Louis Corners also survive.
Funeral services were held on Thursday at 1:30 from the home with interment at 
the Union cemetery near Louis Corners.  The Rev. Otto Saewert of Elkhart Lake 
officiated.
Tri-County Record, March 30, 1933


KENNETH J. SCHMIDT     cemetery #43

Obituaries-Kenneth J. Schmidt-
Kenneth J. Schmidt, age 57, of 917 Hancock St., Manitowoc, died Saturday, 
January 1, 1994, while visiting his daughter and family in Marshfield, WI.
Funeral Services will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, January 4, 1994, at the 
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Manitowoc. Officiating at the Mass of Christian 
Burial will be the Rev. William Zimmer with burial to follow at a later date at 
the Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc.
He was born March 2, 1936, at Manitowoc, son of the late Walter and Della Damm 
Schmidt. He was a graduate of Manitowoc Lincoln High School, Class of 1954 and 
married the former Ruth Gerharz on May 3, 1958, at Manitowoc. Mr. Schmidt was a 
police officer with the Manitowoc Police Department for 13 years and then owned 
and operated Ken's Lakeshore Sewing. He was a member of Manitowoc Marine Band for 
over 40 years.
Survivors include his wife, a daughter and son-in-law, two grandchildren, 
a sister-in-law, nieces, nephews, other relatives and many friends survive. He 
was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert and Norman.
Friends may call at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church Tuesday evening from 5 p.m. 
until the time of service at 7 p.m.
The Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, is assisting the family with funeral arrangements.
-Herald-Time-Reporter, Monday, January 3, 1994
(contributed by researcher/see contributors page)


LAURA BERTHA SCHMIDT   cemetery #44

Name: Schmidt, Laura Bertha
D.: 10/18/1869
B.: 8/30/1869
Reg. D.: 11/12/1869
Sex: F/W
Age at Death: 7 Weeks
B.P.: Mtwc.
D.P.: Vill. of Mtwc.
Cem.: Evergreen
Ch.:
Inf. & Address: C. H. Schmidt
Spouse:
F.: C. H. Schmidt
M.: Bertha E. Schmidt
Cause of Death:
Pg. #: v.1 p.69
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Name: Schmidt, Laura Bertha
D.: 10/18/1869
B.: 8/30/1869
Reg. D.: 1/15/1870
Sex: F/W
Age at Death: 1 Mo. 17 Da.
B.P.: Mtwc.
D.P.: Mtwc.
Cem.: Evergreen
Ch.:
Inf. & Address: Rev. M. H. Quehl
Spouse:
F.: Carl H. Schmidt
M.: Bertha Nast
Cause of Death:
Pg. #: v.1 p.74
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(Note: There were two death records for this child)


LENA SCHMIDT      Cemetery 89A

From the Two Rivers Reporter, Friday, January 25, 1946

           DEATH TAKES MRS. SCHMIDT AT AGE OF 81
  Well Known Resident of City and Town Many Years Taken Thursday

Mrs. Lena Schmidt, 81, widow of Louis J. Schmidt, early brick manufacturer
and a town of Two Rivers farmer for many years, died at the Municipal 
hospital Thursday night, where she had been a patient for the past seven
weeks. She had made her home for the past six months with her son-in-law
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Greenwood, 27th street.
Funeral Saturday
Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon in St.
John's Lutheran church, the Rev. W.G. Haese officiating. Interment 
will be in Pioneers' Rest cemetery. The body may be viewed at the 
Beduhn funeral home until 10:30 Saturday morning when it will be 
removed to the church, there to lie in state until the hour of service.
Mrs. Schmidt, nee Lena Schwake, was born in Rodden, Westphalia,
Germany, on January 14, 1865, a daughter of the late Henry and Dorothy
Schwake. When she was 16 years of age the family brought her to this
country, coming directly to this city. After residing here for three
years the family moved to a farm in the town of Two Rivers.
Married in 1891
In 1891, she was married to Louis J. Schmidt of the town of Two Rivers,
the couple moving directly to Sheboygan where Mr. Schmidt became
established as a brick manufacturer. Several years later the family
moved to Manitowoc and in 1910 settled on a farm in the town of Two
Rivers. Her husband preceded her in death 14 years ago on the farm
home and two years later she took up her residence here. Later, for
eight years, she resided with her brother, William Schwake, and for
the past six months at the Henry Greenwoods.
Surviving Mrs. Schmidt are a daughter, Mrs. Henry Greenwood of this
city, and one son, William T. Schmidt, a general contractor at 
Elmhurst, Ill., two sisters, Mrs. Charles Stechmesser of the town of
Two Rivers and Mrs. John Goedjen of this city, and three brothers,
William, city; Henry of Sioux Falls, S.C., and August Schwake of
the town of Two Rivers. There are three grandchildren and two great
grandchildren.


LEO SCHMIDT  1891-1967    cemetery #44
 
Manitowoc Herald Times Jan 12, 1967
Leo Schmidt, 76, of 1714 Waldo Blvd. Manitowoc, died early Thursday 
morning at Memorial Hospital , Manitowoc, after a coronary.
Mr. Schmidt was born July 19, 1890 at Michigan City, Ind., son of the 
late Edward and Minnie Schmidt Schmidt.  At the age of 20 years he came 
to Collins.  He married Laura Jantz at Reedsville April 15, 1915.  The 
couple moved to Manitowoc in 1927 and Mr Schmidt was engaged as a general 
mason contractor.  
Surviving are his wife, a daughter, a brother, two sisters, and two 
grandsons.  Two sons preceded him in death.
******
[d. 01-12-1967/age 74 yrs.]
(19 Jul 1890/Jan 1967/SSDI)


LILLIAN SCHMIDT   cemetery #44

Mrs. Walter G. Schmidt, 78, of Shady Lane Home, Manitowoc, died at 10:30 p.m. 
Wednesday at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a long illness.
Mrs. Schmidt was born Nov. 22, 1884, at Manitowoc, daughter of the late Fred 
and Minnie Ladwig Hinz. She was married to Walter G. Schmidt May 21, 1906, at 
Manitowoc. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and Geraldson Circle 
of United Presbyterian Women.
Survivors include her husband, a son, Walter, of Kaukauna, two sisters, Mrs. 
Edwin J. Luecker and Mrs. William J Strothof, of Manitowoc and two grand-
children.  A sister and two brothers preceded her in death.
Manitowoc Herald Times, January 31, 1963
********
[d. 01-30-1963/age 78 yrs./wife of Walter G. Schmidt/bur. on John Dormer lot]


LOUISA SCHMIDT (d. 1955)  cemetery #89A

Mrs. Henry W. Schmidt, 80, of Rt. 1, Two Rivers, died Monday morning at 
the Two Rivers Municipal Hospital following a six weeks' illness.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the St. John Lutheran 
Church, Two Rivers. The Rev. W.G. Haase will officiate and burial will be 
in Pioneers' Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
She was born Louise Johannes April 20, 1875, at Two Rivers, daughter of the 
late Christian and Caroline Johannes and in 1907 was married to Henry W. 
Schmidt. They located on the homestead farm. She was a member of the Ladies' 
Aid Society of the St. John congregation. Her husband died in 1947.
Surviving are two daughters, Miss Bertha Schmidt of Milwaukee and Mrs. Edgar 
Stegemann of Two Rivers; son, Herbert on the home farm; brother, Albert Sr. 
of Villard, Minn.; five grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Deja and Martin Funeral Chapels, Two Rivers, after 
3 p.m. Tuesday. The casket will be moved to the church at 10:30 a.m. 
Wednesday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. Monday, December 19, 1955 P. 21


LOUISE C. SCHMIDT  (d. 1975)  cemetery #89A

Mrs. Louise Schmidt, 78, of 1816 21st St., Two Rivers, died Saturday 
noon at Two Rivers Municipal hospital.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Klein and Stangel 
Inc., Funeral Home and at 2 p.m. at St. John Evangelical Lutheran 
Church, Two Rivers. The Rev. Edward Steiter will officiate and burial 
will be in Pioneers Rest Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mrs. Schmidt, nee Louise Althen, was born Oct. 4, 1896, at Two Rivers, 
daughter of the late John and Bertha Rahmlow Althen. She was married 
to William Schmidt April 3, 1918, at Two Rivers. They lived at Dalton 
a few years before moving back to Two Rivers. Her husband preceded her 
in death in 1939. She had been employed at Schwartz Mfg. Co. of Two 
Rivers, retiring in 1961.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Albert (Christine) Albrecht Sr., of 
Two Rivers, three nephews, Roger Albrecht, of Two Rivers, Albert 
Albrecht Jr., and the Rev. Lyle Albrecht, of Milwaukee and a niece, 
Mrs. John (Charleen) Stemhauer, of Green Bay.
Friends may call at Klein and Stangel Inc., Funeral Home after 3 
o'clockt his Monday afternoon.
Herald Times Reporter, Monday, January 6, 1975 P.3


MARIA D. SCHMIDT   cemetery #89A

From Der Nord Westen, 28 Sep. 1899: (From the correspondent in Mishicott, 26 Sep.)
Mrs. Carl Schmidt was found dead in her bed about 3 a.m. last Thurs. of a stroke. 
She was 68 and leaves a husband and 7 grown children - 2 daughters and 5 sons. The 
funeral was Sun. in the Two Rivers Cemetery.
**********
The family story is that when Maria died, Carl woke his son up in the middle of 
the night (they were living with the son at the time) to tell him his mother died. 
The son told him to go back to bed, there wasn't anything they could do about it 
at that hour of the night!
(sent in by researcher/see contributors page)


MARIA M. SCHMIDT   cemetery #89A

From Der Nord Westen, 07 Jan. 1897:
Death on Sun. evening of Mrs. Maria M. Schmidt at the extraordinary 
age of 93 yrs. 4 mos. 7 days. She died at the home of her son Eduard 
Schmidt who lives on Range Line. The deceased, who was born in 
Thuringia, is survived by 5 children, one of whom is the well-known 
coal merchant August Schmidt. The well attended funeral took place 
yesterday in Two Rivers.


MARTHA SCHMIDT   cemetery #89A

Mrs. Clarence Schmidt, 56, of 3602 Tannery Rd., Two Rivers, died early 
Tuesday morning at Manitowoc Memorial Hospital, where she had been a patient 
since Sunday.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. John Lutheran Church Two 
rivers, the Rev. W. G. Haase officiating.  Burial will be in Pioneers' Rest 
Cemetery.
Mrs. Schmidt, nee Martha Boness, was born March 2, 1904 at Butternut, Wis., 
a daughter of Herman and the late anna Schroeder Boness.  She attended the 
Butternut schools and Nov. 30, 1922 she was married to Clarence Schmidt at 
Butternut.  The couple came to Two Rivers in 1925 where she resided since. 
She was a member of St. John church.
Besides her husband and father she leaves a daughter and two sons, Robert of 
Two Rivers and Donald of Manitowoc; three sisters; six brothers; and two 
grandchildren.
Friends may call at the Deja & Martin Funeral Chapels Two Rivers, after 2 
p.m.  Thursday until 11 a.m. Friday when the casket will be taken to the 
church where the body will lie in state until the time of service.
Manitowoc Herald Times, April 5, 1960


MARTIN SCHMIDT   cemetery #47

From Der Nord Westen, 02 Dec. 1909: 
Yet another of our county’s old pioneers has gone to where there is no return.
Martin Schmidt, well known throughout the county as a highly respected man,
closed his tired eyes in the last long sleep about 12 noon on Saturday. He reached the
extraordinary age of 90 years 9 months 9 days, having been born in 1819 in the Rhine
Kreis in the Kingdom of Bavaria and came to America when he was 24 years old,
settling in Buffalo, New York. There he married Miss Anna Nagel and in the
early 50’s traveled to the great Northwest, arriving in Manitowoc in 1852 when it was
still a wilderness. Eventually he settled in Town Manitowoc Rapids. His wife died in
1853, and in 1858 he married again, his second wife preceding him in death in 1895.
Among his surviving children are: Alex P. Schmidt of West De Pere, Mrs.
Royal Sniffin of Manitowoc, Ludwig and George in Winton, Minnesota,
Mrs. Theresa Sours in Hot Springs, Arkansas, Sister Ludwinia in St. Francis
Cloister, and Miss Carrie Schmidt, who has been keeping house for her father
for the last 14 years. Mr. Schmidt interested himself in a variety of fields and his
fellow citizens trusted him with various offices in Town Manitowoc Rapids. For 20
years he served as Postmaster for Alverno, a position he held until January 1 this year.
His funeral was Tuesday morning from the Catholic Church in Alverno.


MARY SCHMIDT   cemetery #43

DEATH CLAIMS OLD RESIDENT OF CITY TODAY
Death came to end a lingering illness for Mrs. Mary, widow of the 
late John Schmidt, her death occurring at the home of her son, 946 
North Eighth street, this morning. 
Mrs. Schmidt was a native of Germany, born May 10, 1852 and had 
resided here upward of 50 years. She is survived by four sons and 
seven daughters; Dominic and Andrew, this city; Anton and John in 
Montana; Mrs. August Fensky, Mrs. Arthur Rathke, this city; Mrs. 
John Schneider, Wausau; Mrs. Wm. Junk, Athens. The funeral will be 
held Thursday morning from St. Boniface church.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 1917, Page 8
********
Messrs. Anton Deeks Moore of Montana and John Deeks of Sand Springs, 
Mont, were here, called to the bed side of their mother, Mrs. John 
Schmidt who is seriously ill.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Thursday, Feb. 24, 1916 P.3


MAX SCHMIDT    cemetery #44

FLU ATTACK FATAL TO MAX SCHMIDT, 38
South Tenth Street Blacksmith Dies After Four Week's Illness
After an illness of four weeks, which terminated in an attack of the flu, 
Max Schmidt, 38, passed away at his home, 1027 South Tenth street yesterday 
his demise being a sad shock to his relatives and friends.  Mr. Schmidt, 
who with his brother, Walter, had operated the blacksmith shop below his 
home, for the past fifteen years had been in good health until stricken a 
few weeks ago.  Mr. Schmidt had completed plans to be married in June.    
Born in this city September 9, 1890, he has always resided here.  On the 
death of his father, August Schmidt, fifteen years ago he continued to 
conduct the blacksmith shop with his brother.  Seven sisters, Mrs. Richard 
Lade, Mrs. Walter Flint, and Mrs. Leo Brandt, all of this city, Mrs. Walter 
Behrens of Sheboygan, and Mrs. Charles Touselak, of Escanaba, Mich., and 
two brothers, Arthur and Walter of this city survive.
The deceased was a member of the Fraternal Reserve Association.  Burial 
will take place Saturday afternoon at two o'clock from the home on South 
Tenth street, with Rev. Carl Nagel of Elkhart Lake former local pastor 
officiating.  Burial will be at Evergreen.
Manitowoc Herald-News, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Thursday, May 3, 1928
***********
Local News
Burial of Max Schmidt, who died Wednesday night, will take place tomorrow 
afternoon at two o'clock from the home on South Tenth street, with interment 
at Evergreen.  In the list of seven sisters surviving published last night 
in the Herald-News the name of Mrs. Frank Drumm of this city was omitted.  
The passing of Mr. Schmidt was particularly sad as he had planned to wed 
Miss Elsie Brandt in June.
The Manitowoc Herald-News, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Friday, May 4, 1928
*************
Local News
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Toushak of Escanaba, Mic., Mr. and Mrs. Walter Behrens, 
and son, Walter, of Sheboygan; Mrs. Edward Stafffeld and George Heller of 
Neenah; Mr. and Mrs. H. McGrath of Appleton; Mrs. John Schweltzer, Reuben and 
Marguerita Schweltzer of Haven, Mrs. Monk of Newton returned to their 
respective homes after attending the funeral of Max Schmidt.
The Manitowoc Herald-News, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Monday, May 7, 1928
***********
Certificate of Death-(excerpts) 
PLACE OF DEATH-(1027 S. 10th, 1 ward), 
FULL NAME-Max Schmidt, Sex-M, Color or Race-White, 
Date of Birth-Sept. 9-1890, age-37, Occupation-Blacksmith, Birthplace-Wis.. 
Name of Father-August Schmidt, Birthplace of Father-Germany, 
Name of Mother-Elisabeth Rauber, Birthplace of Mother-Wis., 
Date of Death-May 2, 1928, Cause of Death-Endorcarditis (Rheumatism & Influenza), 
Place of Burial-Evergreen Cemetery., Date of Burial-May 5, 1928, 
Informant-Mrs. Frank Drumm-Manitowoc Co. Register of Deeds
(all contributed by researcher/see contributors page)
***************
[cause: heart disease/bur. on Aug. Schmidt lot]


MICHAEL SCHMIDT   cemetery #82

Michael Schmidt, Sr, 70, of 916 Fremont street, Kiel, died shortly after noon 
Wednesday at St. Nicholas hospital following a short illness.
Born Sept. 12, 1878, in Austria-Hungary, he was married to Charlotte Seibert on 
Jan. 4, 1904.  The couple came to the United States in 1905 and lived in New 
Holstein until 12 years ago when they moved to Kiel.
Mr. Schmidt was a member of St. Peter’s Evangelical and Reformed church at Kiel.
Survivors are four daughters, Mrs. Melvin (Christine) Wendling, Mrs. Henry 
(Catherine) Fromm, Mrs. Milton (Helen) Jung and Mrs. Richard (Elizabeth) Mangen, 
Kiel; a son, Michael, Portland, Ore., 13 grandchildren; two great grandchildren; 
two sisters, Mrs. Katie Geis, Milwaukee, and Mrs. Elizabeth Stahl in Germany, 
and a brother, Peter, New Holstein.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Peter’s Evangelical and 
Reformed church.  The Rev. E. R. Worthman, pastor, will officiate, and burial 
will be made in the Kiel cemetery.
The body will lie in state at the Meiselwitz Funeral home from 2 p.m. Friday until 
11 a.m. Saturday and may be viewed at the church from 11:15 a.m. Saturday until 
the time of the services.
The Sheboygan Press – Thursday, May 26, 1949 – P. 17


MINNIE SCHMIDT   cemetery #89A

Mrs. Fred Schmidt of Two Rivers died at the hospital here yesterday. 
The burial will be held at Two Rivers.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Wednesday, August 01, 1917, Page 3


NORMAN G. SCHMIDT

County's traffic death toll totals nine after crash
MANITOWOC - Manitowoc County lost a solid citizen when Norman Schmidt, of 
Manitowoc, died of massive head injuries yesterday after his motorcycle 
collided with an automobile in the Town of Newton.
The traffic fatality brings the county's 1986 total to nine.
Schmidt was pronounced dead at 12:15 p.m. at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay.  
He was taken to Holy Family Medical Center in Manitowoc after the accident, which 
occurred at 8:30 a.m., to stabilize his vital signs.  He was taken to St. Vincent 
because of the hospital's head injury trauma center, Manitowoc County Coroner 
Marion Cumming explained.
Apparently, Schmidt failed to yield the right-of-way when he was turning from 
English Lake Rd. to Highway 42, Ms. Cumming said.  Schmidt was wearing a helmet.
Alcohol does not appear to be factor in this case, she added.    
Schmidt retired from the Manitowoc Police Department about one year ago.  He 
served as parking meter attendant for many years, Ms. Cumming said.
"He was a very well-liked person in the community," she added.
Ms. Cumming said no charges are expected to be filed.  The Sheriffs Department 
is expected to release further information today.
Herald Times Reporter, Sunday, August 17, 1986
**********
Norman G. Schmidt, 62, of 3428 Lindbergh Drive, Manitowoc, died Saturday, 
August 16, 1986, at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, due to injuries received 
in a motorcycle accident.
Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home and 10 a.m. 
at St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc.  The Mass of Christian Burial will be 
celebrated by Rev. Ronald Reimer with burial to follow at Calvary Cemetery, 
Manitowoc.  
Mr. Schmidt was born March 12, 1924, at Manitowoc, son of the late Walter T. 
and Della R. Damm Schmidt.  Mr. Schmidt was a graduate of Lincoln High School, 
graduating with the Class of 1942.  Mr. Schmidt was a Parking Meter Attendant 
for the Police Department for the City of Manitowoc for 35 years, retiring in 
1985.  Mr. Schmidt was a member of Fraternal Order of Eagles Number 706 of 
Manitowoc and a member of the Credit Committee of the Manitowoc Municipal 
Employees Credit Union.
Survivors include two brothers and sisters-in-law, both of Manitowoc, nieces 
and a nephew, and grand nieces and a grand nephew. 
Friends may call at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. this 
Monday afternoon.  Eagles Memorial Service will be held at 7 p.m. and a prayer 
service will be held at 8 p.m. by Rev. Ronald Reimer.
Herald Times Reporter, Monday, August 18, 1986
(contributed by researcher/see contributors page)


ORLEY SCHMIDT    cemetery #44

SERVICES ARE HELD FOR TWO AIR VICTIMS
Edward Nelson, Orley Schmidt Are Buried Today; Schmatz Rites Thursday
Funeral rites for Edward J. Nelson, Manitowoc business man, and Orley Schmidt, 
high school athlete and student pilot, killed in a plane crash in Nelson's plane 
near the airport early Sunday evening, were held here this afternoon.
Services for Mr. Nelson were held at 3 p.m. from the Frazier mortuary chapel 
with the Rev. C. H. Phipps of the First Presbyterian church officiating.  The 
casket was not opened before the services and was draped with a large American 
flag.
Schmidt Services   
Honorary pallbearers were past presidents of the Lions club, of which Mr. Nelson 
was the first president.  They were Alois Fischl Sr., Edward Mackey, Otto Engel, 
William Huchthausen, Edward Meyer and Junias Pleuss.  Active pallbearers were 
Orville Breuer, John Schuette, John Kasper, Reinhardt Zechek, Arthur Pitz and 
Elton Hanson.  Burial was in Evergreen cemetery. 
Funeral services for Orley Schmidt were held at 2 p.m. from the Immanuel 
Evangelical Lutheran church, the Rev. E. F. Uetzmann officiating.  Burial was 
in Evergreen cemetery.
Pallbearers were Edward Steckmesser, Kenneth Mueller and Billy Hrudka, who played 
on high school teams with Schmidt the past three years, Robert Vande Castle, 
Milton Habeck and John Rehak.
Funeral services for Eugene Schmatz, 18, of Branch, third victim of the accident, 
who died yesterday morning, will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from thme St. 
Michael's church at Whitelaw with interment in the church cemetery.  The body is 
at the Schmatz home.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Wednesday, July 19, 1939
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Manitowoc Herald-Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Monday, July 17, 1939
Two Killed, Two Injured As
Plane Crashes Near Airport
Businessman And Athlete Die As Monoplane Falls
(PICTURES)
The nose of its motor smashed and bent to the ground, the wrecked plane in 
which Edward Nelson and Orley Schmidt died last night is shown above. Schmidt 
is shown to the left below.  In the center and to the right below are two 
pictures of Nelson taken at Cleveland, O., a week ago by Cyril Niquette, Two 
Rivers. The pictures were developed and printed this morning and were never 
seen by Nelson.  Photo of the wrecked plane is by the Herald-Times photographer.
Edward Nelson, Pilot, And Orley Schmidt Are Victims
Two persons were killed and two others seriously injured early last night when 
a cabin plane piloted by Edward J. Nelson, Manitowoc aviator and businessman, 
fell into an oat field on the Henry Klackner farm on the Town Line road just 
north of the Municipal Airport. 
The dead:
Nelson, 53, of 709 St. Clair street, instantly killed.  Suffered a basal skull 
fracture, severe lacerations of the face and forehead, internal injuries and 
broken ankles.
Orley Schmidt, 17, of 1809 Belmont street, former high school athlete and 
student pilot, died a few minutes after the crash of a brain concussion.  His 
left arm was broken at the shoulder.
The injured:
Eugene Schmatz, 19, Branch in a grave condition at the Holy Family hospital 
suffering from a brain concussion, a broken neck, and leg fractures.
Emil Opichka, 18, Newton, at the hospital suffering from a broken nose and 
fractured right ankle.
Opichka, who regained consciousness at the hospital this morning, told physicians 
that he recalled nothing after climbing into the rear seat of the plane shortly 
before Nelson took off from the airport.  Physicians said the shock of the fall 
would result in Opichka's loss of memory for 24 or 36 hours.
Up 100 feet
The plane crashed as Nelson had attained a height of about 100 feet after taking 
off from the airport, where he had been taking up passengers.  Art Donohue, 
managing the airport in the absence of Elmer Leighton, said today Nelson, who 
held a transport pilot's license, was turning ten per cent of the money over to 
the airport management.
Witnesses said the motor of the ship died and the plane went into a spin and 
crashed.  The accident occurred few minutes before 8 o'clock.  Police received a 
call at 8 o'clock sharp.  Scores of people saw the ship fall and hundreds 
converged on the Klackner farm as authorities rushed city and county ambulances 
to the scene.  Opichka and Schmatz were taken to the hospital at once.  Dr. 
Norman C. Erdman, who had flown with Nelson during the afternoon, arrived a few 
minutes after the accident and pronounced Nelson dead.  Schmidt was still living 
when the doctor arrived but died a few moment later without regaining 
consciousness.
A coroner's jury was impanelled today by Dr. Gerald Rau, county coroner, and 
District Attorney Patrick Dewane.  Members are George Pankratz, Mrs. Jess Dempski, 
Oscar Belinski, David Dwyer, George Martin, Ed Leschke and Walter Gebrinsky. The 
jury viewed the bodies and was adjourned to await the outcome of the Opichka and 
Schmatz' injuries.
Says Motor "Died"
A local pilot who declined to be quoted said Nelson's motor died shortly after 
the take-off as the ship was turning to the right.  The ship, he said, was rising 
steeply.  When the motor died on the turn the plane nosed down.  The motor picked 
up momentarily but stopped and the ship went into a spin, with the tail turning 
around with the nose of the ship an axis.  It was the spin that many eye-witnesses 
took for a side-slip.
Among the first to reach the wrecked plane were Tony Panosh, Menasha avenue; 
Officer William McConnell, who was on his front porch watching the plane; Fred 
Brue and Robert Meyer of the airport; Robert Holschbach and Henry Klackner, on 
whose farm the accident occurred.
Nelson, according to McConnell, was in the pilot's seat and Schmidt was beside 
him.  Opichka and Schmatz were in the rear, pushed under the front seats.  The 
bodies were taken from the plane and placed on the ground.  The fusilage was 
torn away so that the passengers could be extricated.
Calls Police Station
As McConnell saw the plane fall he rushed into his home and called Lieut. Aaron 
Peterson at the police station.  A moment later, Lt. Peterson received a call 
from Adolph Marquardt, 1115 South 15th street, that a plane had fallen and four 
people we injured.  Peterson dispatched the city ambulance with Officers Elmer 
Scherer and William Diegel and called the county ambulance, which was sent from 
the sheriffs office.
"I was watching the plane as it climbed up over the trees," McConnell said. "As 
it was banking, I heard the motors die.  Then the ship slid sideways to its left 
and I heard a loud "swoosh" as it hit the field."
Holschbach, who also saw the plane fall, claimed he heard the motors turn over 
just a second before the plane hit the ground.
Nelson, a licensed transport pilot, was a World war veteran and had been flying 
for about 12 years.  Last September he purchased the Fairchild ship for $7,000.
Tells of Crash
Norman Kleman, student flyer at the airport, an eye-witness, said:
"Taking off to the east, the motor suddenly went dead at about 100 feet.  The 
pilot apparently attempted to circle northward in an attempt to bring his plane 
around to the landing on the field.  However, the plane lost speed and altitude 
rapidly and crashed."
Roy Lamach and Francis Kelley, both of Cato, narrowly missed making the fatal 
flight.  They had purchased tickets and were ready to get into the plane when 
Opichka and Schamtz pushed in ahead of them.
Angry at having to wait until the next flight, Kelley and Lamach watched the 
plane take off.  A moment later they saw it crash into the oat field.  They 
rushed to the scene and helped remove the victims from the plane.
Perry Hodgden, investigator of the Air Safety Board of the Civil Aeronautics 
Authority, Chicago and Burleigh Putman, Jr., inspector of the Wisconsin district 
for the Civil Aeronautics Authority arrived here early this morning to 
investigate the crash.  They would not reveal their finds because of board 
regulations but sent reports to Washington immediately.
Within a few moment after the crash hundreds of people arrived at the Klackner 
farm and traffic jammed along the townline road.  Scores ran across fields, 
knocking down Klackner's stand of oats, cutting and breaking fences, to reach 
the plane.  They tore souvenir strips from the fuselage and took pieces of the 
broken motor.  Police and sheriff's men had difficulty getting ambulances 
through the crowd.
Scene of Crash
Nelson's plane crashed within 400 feet of the spot where a plane piloted by 
Melvin Thompson, 41, Kohler flyer, fell August 12, 1929, in a field on the 
Henry Klackner farm.  His passenger, Ruth Williams, 21, of Chicago, a cabaret 
entertainer, was killed.
Thompson, seriously injured, recovered after spending several weeks in the 
hospital.      
Thompson was using a ship owned by the late Frank Shoblaska, airport manager, 
and had taken off from the airport late in the afternoon with Miss Williams.  
The plane fell from a height of 1,500 feet.
Klackner, who was an eye-witness to this crash today pointed to the spot in his 
field where the city's first airplane tragedy occurred 10 years ago, almost a 
stone's throw from where the Nelson ship came down last night.
Relatives of Nelson had difficulty last night locating his brother, George, 
who left Saturday on the Yacht Manowis for a week's cruise.  He was finally 
located in Manistique, Mich.
Joined Grocery Firm
Edward J. Nelson was born in this city in 1886, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Julius 
C. Nelson.  He attended the northside grade schools and the northside high 
school.
Soon after leaving school he entered the employ of Thomas Higgins, head of the 
Manitowoc and Northern Traction company.  He operated one of the street cars on 
the local line.
In 1906 he entered the Plumb and Nelson company, wholesale grocers, founded by 
the Nelson and Plumb families.  From a position as shipping clerk he advanced 
to positions of trust with the firm.  At the time of his death he was vice-
president and secretary, and also division manager for the Clover Farm Stores, 
an organization of retail establishments serviced by the parent firm.
While still a young man Mr. Nelson took the Manitowoc agency for the Indian 
motorcycle and engaged in dirt track racing in the state.  He established 
records on mile and half mile tracks all over the middle west.
When the Untied States entered the World war he joined the service and was 
assigned to duty with units at Camp Custer, Battle Creek, Mich.
Traveled By Air
Mr. Nelson took an interest in flying and for nearly 15 years has operated 
his own planes.  He first secured a pilot's license, later was granted a permit 
to carry passengers and lastly passed strict requirements giving him a transport 
pilot's license.  He was known as one of the most careful plane pilots in the 
state and never did any "stunting" with his ship.  He made numerous cross-
country flights to Cleveland, New York and annually attended the automobile 
races at Indianapolis, making the trip always by air.
His newest plane, a Fairchild four-passenger model was acquired only a few 
months ago.  
His fraternal affiliations included membership in the Lions club of which he 
served as first president and was one of the organizers, the Elks, the 
Manitowoc Chapter of the Izaak Walton league, the Drews post of the American 
Legion and the Manitowoc Gun club.
He never married and made his home with his mother, Mrs. Carrie Nelson at 
709 St. Clair street.
Funeral Wednesday
Survivors are the mother; brother, George, of this city; and three sisters, 
Mrs. George Fannon of Appleton; Mrs. Henry Marin of Menominee, Mich.; and 
Mrs. C. H. Matravers, of Stevens Point, Wis.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Frazier mortuary 
chapel.  Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
The body may be viewed after two o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
Orley Schmidt, other victim of the crash, was a high school athlete and had 
letters in three sports at Lincoln high school the past three years, and was 
graduated last June.  He resided with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schmidt 
at 1809 Belmont street.
He was born in Reedsville in 1921 and 10 years ago accompanied his parents 
to this city.  He attended Wilson junior high school and entered Lincoln high 
school as a sophomore.  He was an end on the football team, a center and guard 
on the basketball team and a middle distance runner on the track team.
He took a great interest in aviation and did considerable flying during his 
high school days.  Several months ago he secured a solo pilot's license.  He 
was working to secure a regular pilot's license.  He also assisted his father 
in the masonry business.
Survivors are the parents, and a sister, Roma, city.  A brother, Milroy, 18, 
was drowned off the harbor entrance here September 9, 1934, one of three boys 
who lost their lives when a boat in which they were riding, capsized.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. from the Immanuel Evangelical 
Lutheran church, the Rev. Theo. Uetzmann, officiating.  Burial will be in 
Evergreen cemetery.
The body may be viewed at the Wattawa, Urbanek and Schlei funeral home from 
Tuesday at 5 p.m. until Wednesday at 10 a..m.  It will then be moved to the 
church where the casket will be open until the hour of the services.
(contributed by researcher/see contributors page)
*******
[d. 07-16-1939/age 17 yrs./cause: fractured cervical vertebral fracture 
of left humerus left ulnaleft radius/bur. on Leo Schmidt lot]


ROBERT SCHMIDT   #89A

Robert Arthur Schmidt, 21, died at the Municipal hospital, Two Rivers, Saturday 
at 7 p.m. He had been ill since May.
Funeral services will be held at Two Rivers Tuesday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock 
from the Beduhn funeral home and at 2 p.m. from St. John's Lutheran church with 
the Rev. W.G. Haase officiating. Interment will be in Pioneers' Rest.
Robert Schmidt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Schmidt, was born at Two Rivers June 7, 
1920. He attended the public schools of that city and was graduated from Washington 
high school in 1938. In recent years he was a member of the Owls football team. 
Following his graduation he took employment at Plant 1 of the Aluminum Goods 
Manufacturing company and worked there until taken ill this spring.
Survivors are the parents, a sister, Mrs. Arthur Kitzerow, of Two Rivers; a step-
sister, Mrs. Lawrence Cooper, Manitowoc; step-brother, Ervin Raum, Fort Knox, Ky., 
and his grandfather, Charles Schmidt of Reedsville.
The body may be viewed at the funeral home.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. October 20, 1941 P. 2


ROBERT WALTER SCHMIDT   cemetery #43

Obituaries-Schmidt

Robert W. Schmidt, 61, Deputy Chief of Manitowoc Police Department, who 
resided at 614 S. 33rd Street, Manitowoc, died Monday Evening, May 4, 1987, 
at the family residence. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday at 
Pfeffer Funeral Home and 11:30 a.m. at St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc. 
The Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Ronald Reimer with 
burial to follow at Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc Military graveside rites 
will be accorded by American Legion Drews Bleser Post No. 88. Mr. Schmidt 
was born August 11, 1925, at Manitowoc, son of the late Walter T. and 
Della R. Damm Schmidt. Mr. Schmidt was a resident of Manitowoc all his life 
and attended St. Boniface Parochial School and was a graduate of Lincoln 
High School, graduating with the class of 1943. He married the former 
Margaret Garber on October 16, 1948, at St. Paul Catholic Church, Manitowoc. 
Mr. Schmidt joined the Manitowoc Police Department in December of 1947 where 
he presently held the position of Deputy Chief. Mr. Schmidt was a Veteran of 
World War II, serving with the United States Navy from December of 1944 until 
July of 1946. Mr. Schmidt was a member of American Legion Drews Bleser Post 
No. 88, member of third Degree Knights of Columbus and former member of the 
Marine Band. Mr. Schmidt was a member of Manitowoc Professional Police 
Association. The Wisconsin Professional Police Association and The Wisconsin 
Chiefs of Police Association. Survivors include his wife, Margaret; a son, 
four daughters and sons-in-law, a brother and sister-in-law, eight 
grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends survive. He was 
preceded in death by a brother, Norman G. Schmidt on August, 16, 1986. 
Friends may call at Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. 
Wednesday. Prayer service will be held at 8 p.m. Wednesday by Deacon William 
Klein, service will be held at 8 p.m. by Rev. Ronald Reimer.
-Herald-Times- Reporter, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, Vol. 15-No. 124, Tuesday, May 5, 1987
(contributed by researcher/see contributors page)


ROLAND SCHMIDT   cemetery #33

Roland Schmidt, 72, of 1521 Philippen St., Manitowoc, died Thursday evening 
at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, 
Manitowoc. The Rev. Paul H. Blaufuss will officiate and burial will be in 
Knollwood Memorial Gardens, Town of Kossuth.
Mr. Schmidt was born Sept. 23, 1897, son of the late Edward and Emma Lutzke 
Schmidt.
Survivors include a brother, Harry, of Manitowoc.
Friends may call at the funeral home, Ninth Street entrance, after 4 p.m. 
Sunday. 
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 27, 1970
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Funeral services for Roland Schmidt, 72, of 1521 Philippen St., Manitowoc, 
who died Thursday evening at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, will be at 
1:30 p.m. Monday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. 
Paul H. Blaufuss will officiate and burial will be in Knollwood Memorial 
Gardens, Town of Kossuth.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Sunday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 28, 1970


FATHER TERENCE SCHMIDT  SDS   cemetery #23

Born September 6, 1922 - Died December 12, 1960
Father Terence Schmidt (birth name: Leo Anthony) was born in 1922 in Campbellsport, 
Wisconsin, just outside Fond du Lac. After his first few years of elementary school, 
his family moved to Milwaukee, to Mother of Good Counsel Parish and school, where he 
became acquainted with the Society. He attended Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz 
for high school and the first two years of college, after which he entered the Novitiate 
there in 1942, and he made his profession of vows on September 8, 1943. He continued 
his studies for the priesthood at Divine Savior Seminary in Lanham, Maryland, and was 
ordained on June 7, 1949, in the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC. 
Fr. Terence continued with post-graduate courses in theology at Catholic University in 
Washington, and then served in St. Pius X Parish in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin; and in St. 
Gregory’s Parish in St. Nazianz. He then taught dogmatic theology at Divine Savior 
Seminary in Lanham, Maryland. Plagued with frail health for much of his life, Fr. 
Terence did his best to maintain a busy and active schedule. Hospitalized several times 
during the last year of his life, his health grew even weaker until his untimely death 
on December 12, 1960, at the age of 38, in the Salvatorian Sisters’ hospital in Columbus, 
Wisconsin. He is remembered as a prayerful, intelligent, and generous priest who 
endeavored to give his best to his ministries. His funeral was in St. Ambrose Chapel in 
the monastery in St. Nazianz, and he was buried in the community cemetery there. He was 
the brother of another member of the Salvatorian community, Sister Mary Jo Schmidt.
**********
The Rev. Terrence Leo Schmidt, S.D.S., 38, of Divine Savior Seminary, Lanham, 
Md. formerly of St. Nazianz, died Monday morning at St. Mary Hospital, Columbus, 
Columbia County, where he had been a patient 10 days.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Salvatorian Seminary, St. 
Nazianz, where a requiem Mass will be said in his honor. Burial will be in the 
monastery cemetery.
Father Schmidt was born in 1922 at Milwaukee, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Schmidt 
of Milwaukee. He was ordained in 1949 at Washington, D.C. and did post-graduate 
work in theology at Catholic University there until his transfer to St. Pius 
Church, Milwaukee, where he was an assistant pastor from 1953 to 1955.
From there he was transferred to St. Gregory parish at St. Nazianz where he was 
assistant pastor for two years. He was then appointed to teach sacred theology 
at Divine Savior Seminary at Lanham. He had been hospitalized for several months 
last summer and had returned to the hospital about 10 days ago.
(Survivors omitted for privacy.)
Friends may call at the monastery after 3 p.m. Wednesday where the Rosary will 
be recited at 7 p.m.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wisconsin December 13, 1960 P. 7


VIOLA SCHMIDT   cemetery #44

Funeral services for Mrs. E.J. Schmidt, 53, who died yesterday, will be 
held at 2 p.m. Monday at the Pfeffer funeral home, the Rev. Carl Hagen 
officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery.
Survivors are the husband, Col. Edward J. Schmidt of Manitowoc, daughter, 
(private); four sisters, Alma Jirikowic and Mrs. Earl Dueno of Manitowoc, 
Mrs. H.W. Van Winkle of Los Angeles and Mrs. Anna Barr of Chicago; four 
brothers, Frank and Emil of Manitowoc, Joseph of Bottineau, N.D. and 
Reginald of Milwaukee.
Mrs. Schmidt was a member of the Veteran of Foreign Wars auxiliary and the 
Relief corps. The body may be viewed at the Pfeffer funeral home from 
10 a.m. Sunday until time of service on Monday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Wednesday, March 12, 1947 P.2
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[bur 03-17-1947/died 03-14-1947/age 52 yrs/wife of Edward J Schmidt]


WALTER SCHMIDT    cemetery #43

Walter Schmidt, retired blacksmith, died unexpectedly of a heart attack 
Tuesday noon at his home, 1927 (1027) S. 10th St., Manitowoc. He was 63.
Mr. Schmidt was born Dec. 3, 1892, at Manitowoc, son of the late August 
and Elizabeth Rauber Schmidt, and on Jan. 8, 1921, married the former 
Della Damm.  He operated a blacksmith shop at 1027 S. 10th St. with his 
father and retired in 1954.
Surviving him are his wife, three sons, two sisters, Mrs. Ida Brandt of 
Manitowoc and Mrs. Linda Behrens of Sheboygan and two grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced Wednesday by the Pfeffer Funeral 
Home of Manitowoc.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Tuesday, May 8, 1956
(contributed by researcher/see contributors page)  
*************
Different contributor:
Walter Schmidt died May 8, 1956 
Walter Schmidt, retired blacksmith, died unexpectedly of a heart attack 
Tuesday noon at his home, 1027 S. 10th St., Manitowoc. He was 63. Mr. 
Schmidt was born Dec. 3, 1892, at Manitowoc, son of the late August and 
Elizabeth Rauber Schmidt, and on Jan. 8, 1921 married the former Della 
Damm. He operated a blacksmith shop at 1027 S. 10th St. with his father 
and retired in 1954. Surviving him are his wife, three sons, Robert, Norman 
and Kenneth of Manitowoc: two sisters, Mrs. Ida Brandt of Manitowoc and 
Mrs. Linda Behrens of Sheboygan and two grandchildren. Funeral arrangements 
will be announced Wednesday by Pfeffer Funeral Home of Manitowoc.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Vol. 58-No. 173, Tuesday, May 8, 1956 p. M-17
***********
Funeral-Funeral services for Walter Schmidt, 63, retired blacksmith who 
died Tuesday noon at his home, 1027 S. 10th St., Manitowoc will be held 
at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Pfeffer Funeral Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. 
Donald Rose will officiate and burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, 
Manitowoc. Military rites will be accorded at the grave by the Drews 
Bleser Post of the American Legion of which he was a member.
Manitowoc Herald-Times, Vol. 58-No. 174, Tuesday, May 9, 1956 p. T-9


WILLIAM SCHMIDT   cemetery #33

William Schmidt, 66, of Rt. 2, Manitowoc, died Monday at Memorial 
Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Pfeffer Funeral Home, 
Manitowoc. The 
Rev. Gerald Schrankler will officiate and burial will be in Knollwood 
Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Schmidt was born June 29, 1906, at Mishicot, son of the late William
and Ida Wilms Schmidt. He married Pearl E. Springstube June 29, 1947, at 
Racine. He had been employed at Mirro Aluminum Co., Two Rivers, for 13 
years and Heresite & Chemical Co., Manitowoc, retiring in 1968.
(Survivors omitted for privacy.)
A brother and a sister preceded him in death.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 4 to 9 p.m Tuesday.
Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc-Two Rivers, Wis. April 23, 1973


WILLIAM F. SCHMIDT   cemetery #44

William Schmidt, 87, of Portland, Ore, died there Wednesday noon.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral 
Home, Manitowoc. The Rev. Gervase J. Zanotti will officiate and burial will be 
in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Schmidt was born Nov. 4, 1882, at Manitowoc, son of the late Henry and 
Julia Zinns Schmidt. He was an electrical engineer at the Public Utilities 
in Portland.
(Survivors omitted for privacy.) A brother and three sisters preceded him 
in death.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. June 11, 1970
*******
[d. 06-10-1970 at Portland OR/bur. on John F. Zinns lot]


RUDOLPH SCHMIDTKE   cemetery #85

Rudolph Schmiedtke(sic), 83, of 1024 Fremont St., Kiel, died Wednesday 
morning at the Park Lawn Nursing Home, Sheboygan where he had been a 
resident a month.
Funeral services will be at 12:30 p.m. Friday at Meiselwitz Funeral Home, 
Kiel. The Rev. Vernon E. Jaberg will officiate and burial will be in Ucker 
Road Cemetery.
He was born in Germany March 5, 1876, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Frederick 
Schmiedtke. He came to America when he was eight years old. On March 2, 1902, 
he married the former Wilhelmina Spann of Schleswig. They farmed in the 
township and later moved to Kiel where they lived for the past 30 years. He 
was employed by the City of Kiel until his retirement 10 years ago. His wife 
died in August, 1939.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Erwin Weiskopf of Sheboygan; and a son, 
Oscar of Calumentville. He was preceded in death by a daughter.
Friends may call at the fuenral home until the time of service.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. June 25, 1959 P. 24


ELSIE SCHMIDTMAN   cemetery #44

Mrs. Harvey Schmidtman, 81, of 944 Lincoln Blvd., Manitowoc, died 
Tuesday evening at Park Lawn Nursing Home, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Phipps Memorial Chapel 
of First Presbyterian Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. Gervase Zanotti will 
officiate and cremation will follow.
Mrs. Schmidtman, nee Elsie Kiel, was born June 28, 1893, at Manitowoc, 
daughter of the late Christian and Emma Pitz Kiel. She attended Manitowoc 
schools. She was married to Harvey Schmidtman Nov. 20, 1921, at Manitowoc, 
residing at Manitowoc. She was employed as office clerk at Manitowoc 
Shipbuilding Inc., from 1941 to 1946. She was former president of Board 
of Women Deaconess of First Presbyterian Church of which she was a member. 
Mr. and Mrs. Schmidtman celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 
1971.
Survivors include her husband and a son, (private), of Manitowoc and 
nieces and nephews. Three sisters preceded her in death.
Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 6 to 9 o'clock 
this Wednesday evening until noon Thursday and then at the chapel until 
the time of service. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church.
Herald Times Reporter, Wednesday, November 20, 1974 P.22
********
(28 Jun 1892/Nov 1974/SSDI)


EMIL SCHMIDTMAN   cemetery #44

From Der Nord Westen, 05 Nov. 1908: 
Death Tuesday of 43-year old Emil Schmidtmann who formerly ran a store on
the corner of Washington and 14th Streets but had to give it up many years 
ago for reasons of health. The deceased was born 22 January 1865, the son 
of Theodor Schmidtmann, Sr., and is survived by his widow and 3 children. 
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon.
[bur. 11-06-1908/cause: cerebral softening]


HERBERT P. SCHMIDTMAN   cemetery #33

Herbert Schmidtman, 69, of Rt. 2, Two Rivers, died Tuesday evening at 
Memorial Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church, 
Manitowoc. The Rev. Bruce Huffer will officiate and burial will be in 
Knollwood Memorial Gardens, Town of Kossuth.
Mr. Schmidtman was born Mar. 17, 1903, in the Town of Kossuth, son of the 
late Carl and Marie Ewald Schmidtman. He attended schools in the Town of 
Kossuth. He married Martha Wegner July 25, 1933, at Milwaukee. He was a 
barber in Milwaukee and Manitowoc from 1928 to 1940. The couple then moved 
to the homestead farm. Mr. Schmidtman was a member and former trustee of 
First Baptist Church and a member of the Barbers Union and Farm Bureau.
(Survivors omitted for privacy.)
Four brothers and a sister preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Jens Funeral Home, Manitowoc, from 4 to 9 p.m. Thursday 
until noon Friday and then at the church until the time of service.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. October 25, 1972


MARGARETHA SCHMIDTMAN   cemetery #37

From Der Nord Westen, 14 June 1900:
Death on Mon. (11 June) in Town Kossuth of 90-yr. old Mrs. Margarethe 
Schmidtmann of old age debility. She had been a resident of our county 
since 1848. Her funeral took place yesterday in the Baptist Cemetery of 
Two Rivers.


TWIN GIRLS OF JOHN SCHMIDTMAN   cemetery #44

From Der Nord Westen, 05 Mar. 1908: 
Twins, 2 girls, who were born Sunday to the 
family of John Schmidtmann, died Monday.


DOROTHEA SCHMIDTMANN   cemetery #44

DEATH CLOSES LONG USEFUL LIFE OF MRS. SCHMIDTMAN(sic), SR.
PIONEER RESIDENT, THOUGH 78 YEARS OF AGE, 
HAD BEEN ILL COMPARATIVELY SHORT TIME WHEN SUMMONS CAME TO HER
Solicitous until the very end for the comfort and welfare of those around 
her, Mrs. Theo. Schmidtman, Sr., peacefully passed away this morning after 
an illness of comparatively brief duration, closing at 78 years, a long life 
of devotion and sacrifice. Mrs. Schmidtman, besides her husband, and an only 
brother, Burgermeister Theodor Stichtenothe of Hedemunden-on-the-Werra, 
Germany, is survived by five children, Mrs. Louis Shirmeyer, Two Rivers, Mrs. 
Herman F. Geisler, Sheboygan; Mrs. Wm. F. Raetz, Theodor Schmidtman, Jr., and 
John C. Schmidtman of this city and eight grandchildren. Another son, Emil 
Schmidtman, father of Harvey, Emil and Gertrude, died in 1908. 
Mrs. Theodor Schmidtman, Sr., nee Dorothea Stichtenothe was born July 7, 1837 
in Hedenmunden on the Werra, the romantic valley of the base of the Hurtzwald 
immortalized by the poet Baumbach. The pottery operated by Mrs. Schmidtman’s 
maternal grandfather is conducted by descendants of the family to this day. 
Married in the ancient Marien Kirche in Gottingen, April 22nd, 1862, Mrs. 
Schmidtman with her husband, within a month sailed from Bremen for the much 
advertised land of promise across the sea, landing in New York after a voyage 
of six weeks. After a brief visit with relatives in New York they left for 
Milwaukee, the end of the railway line and thence by boat to Manitowoc. 
The transition from the settled and established community life of Hedenmunden 
to a new community scarcely two decades old, with all the ferment of frontier 
life, total strangers amid new faces, customs and new social order was a trial 
to the courage and resources of the young couple. The story of the working out 
of their destiny in the new world is the familiar story of the newcomers of 
this period. Mrs. Schmidtman reared and educated a family of six children and 
the story of her life is the simple story of her unselfish devotion to their 
family, of self sacrifice inexhaustible. Almost to the day of her death, Mrs. 
Schmidtman helped and counseled in the affairs of her children and grandchildren. 
Three years ago Mr. and Mrs. Schmidtman celebrated their golden wedding. Until 
a few weeks ago her health and facilities were unimpeded. The funeral will be 
Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the residence at Huron and North Ninth streets.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Friday, June 11, 1915, Page 1
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Mr. and Mrs. George Heller, Sr., of Sheboygan who were in the city yesterday 
attending the funeral of Mrs. Theodore Schmidtman, Sr., returned this morning. 
Rev. H.J. Buckingham, assistant to Bishop Fallows of Chicago and Emil J. 
Schmidtmann were in Manitowoc yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Theo 
Schmidtmann, Sr., returning to Chicago this morning. Herman F. Geisler came 
up from Sheboygan yesterday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Geisler’s mother, 
Mrs. Theo. Schmidtmann, Sr.
Manitowoc Daily Herald, Tuesday, June 15, 1915, Page 3
*********
[cause: arteros colisosis/bur. on Theodore Schmidtman lot]


THEODORE SCHMIDTMANN   cemetery #44

AT 82 RECALLS STORY OF CITY'S GREAT GROWTH
Theodore Schmidtman, Sr., pioneer resident of the city, who has 
enjoyed the privilege of seeing the city grow from a small hamlet 
of just a few hardy souls to an important lake port city, yesterday 
celebrated his eighty-second birthday anniversary. He is still hale, 
hearty and active and enjoyed the party given in honor of the event 
as much as any of the participants.
Theodore Schmidtman, Sr., came to Manitowoc July 5, 1862, nearly 
sixty years ago. There was no harbor here, a bar formed across the 
mouth of the river, there were no railroads north of Milwaukee and 
this was one of the outposts of civilization. He came as the result 
of a trip through America made by an uncle in 1846, who pictured, 
on his return to Germany, a land flowing with milk, honey and gold. 
The uncle had made a purchase of a section of land in what is now 
the Town of Kossuth at $1.25 per acre and his tale of conditions 
here decided the elder Schmidtman to come to the new country.
He came from a family of millers and came here to assist in building 
mills, being connected with the construction of mills at Millhome, 
Kiel, Tisch Mills, Rockwell, Centerville, Manitowoc Rapids 
(remainder of sentence unreadable).
In 1883 he was persuaded to go into business by William Croll, father 
of S.D. Croll, and retired in 1889. In 1912 Mr. and Mrs. Schmidtman 
celebrated their golden wedding, death of Mrs. Schmidtman following 
shortly after this event. Since the death of his wife Mr. Schmidtman 
has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. William Raetz.
Manitowoc Hearld News, Saturday, November 26, 1921 P.4
********
EARLY DAY BOATS MODELED BY T. SCHMIDTMANN, SR., 
WHO WAS ALSO PIONEER MILLWRIGHT OF COUNTY
Advised of her father's death at Annapolis, Md., yesterday, Mrs. 
William Raetz is en route home and will arrive this evening when 
funeral arangements for burial of the late Theodore Schmidtmann, Sr., 
will be completed and announced. 
Mr. and Mrs. Raetz attended the graduation exercises of the U.S. 
naval academy where Ted Schirmeyer was a member of the class, 
yesterday morning.
There is a color of romance about the departure of Mr. Schmidtmann 
from Germany to the United States, for the voyage was a honeymoon 
trip for the young man of 23 and his bride, Dorothea Stichten???, 
whom he had married less than four weeks before, April 22, 1862. He 
had been induced to come to Manitowoc by an uncle, Karl Schmidtmann, 
who had come to territorial Wisconsin in 1816 and purchased a section 
in the town of Kossuth. Knowing that his young nephew was not only a 
skilled craftsman in furniture but understood mill construction, he 
urged upon him the possibilities of water power development.
Early Day Millwright.
There was no railroad north of Milwaukee and the final leg of the 
journey was by steamer to Manitowoc, which the young people reached 
July 5, 1862. Up to 1847 every pound of flour in this section was 
obtained from Milwaukee and Green Bay and mill building took its place 
with ship building and lumber as one of the early industries. Both Mr. 
Schmidtmann's father and grandfather operated flour mills in Germany 
and when his knowledge of the business became known there was demand 
for his service. With E. Schaffland, who operated the Rapids mill, he 
built the mill at Millhome in 1964. Practically all of the equipment 
in the early mills was constructed locally, the iron and steel coming 
from the machine shop of August Dumke, with whom Mr. Schmidtmann co-
operated. Mills were built at Tisch Mills, Rockville, Kiel, and even 
after he opened a book and stationery store in 1883, he was called 
upon to help install the conveyors, elevators and rollers of the mill 
at Centerville. He was also employed in the construction of the old 
Truman and Wahl mill, another by the father of Charles Gruhle on the 
site of the Glenn Inn, as well as the present Oriental mill.
Modeled Many Ships.
For many years he was employed in the various local shipyards. He had 
learned the funiture craft, he was asked to make the small working 
models used in shipbuilding and many of the early ships and steamers 
were built in miniature by him including the Goodrich sidewheel 
steamers Sheboygan, Chicago, Muskegon, Corona and the tug Arctic.
Mr. Schmidtmann was a quiet, kindly disposition. For sixty-five years 
he was an active member of the Evangelical Lutheran church and helped 
to build the edifice at South Eighth and Marshall steets. In the early 
days he frequently read the service in the absence of the pastor and 
for many years was an elder. He helped organize the very successful 
mutual fire insurance company, maintained by members of the 
congregation.
In 1899 he retired from business. In 1912 Mr. and Mrs. Schmidtmann 
celebrated their golden wedding. Since the death of his wife in 1915, 
he has made his home with his youngest daughter, Mrs. William Raetz, 
at North Ninth and Huron streets.
Manitowoc Herald News, Friday, June 3, 1927 P.1
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[Theodore Schmidtman Sr./bur. 6-6-1927/cause: cardiac decompensation]


WALTER SCHMIDTMANN   cemetery #37

Town Line Boy
Spanish influenza has claimed another Manitowoc county boy in a 
training camp. The remains of Walter Schmidtmann, 23 years of age, 
who died at Camp Lee, Va., last week, arrived here this morning. 
The deceased was a son of Carl Schmidtmann, living on the Town Line 
road northwest of the city. Burial took place from the late home 
this afternoon.
Manitowoc Herald News, Monday, October 14, 1918, Page 1
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WALTER SCHMIDTMAN(sic), WHO DIED AT CAMP LEE, BURIED NEAR 
SPOT WHERE HE WAS BORN
Amid the trees in the grove on his father’s ranch, on which is 
located the Kossuth Baptist cemetery, Walter Schmidtmann, who gave 
up his life for his country at Camp Lee, Virginia, on Oct. 9, was 
laid to rest Monday afternoon. The body reached Manitowoc over the 
Northwestern road yesterday morning, accompanied by Private Fullert 
of Camp Lee. Services were conducted at the family home by Rev. 
George Engelmann, pastor of the Kossuth Baptist church. The casket 
was draped in the customary American flag and a military touch was 
given to the ? by the firing of a salute over the grave by a signal 
from the Manitowoc Home Guard company and the reciting of taps. 
Born on the farm near his final resting place on Feb. ? 1895, ?
....came exceedingly fond of farm work and in nearly all his letters 
home discussed details of work planned before he left with the draft 
contingent called on May 25. Walter Schmidtmann was the oldest of 
four children, leaving, besides his parents, Anna, Edward and Herbert. 
His father, Karl Schmidtmann is ill and was unable to leave his bed 
to attend the funeral. Decedent is a second cousin of Theodore 
Schmidtmann, Sr., of this city. 
Manitowoc Herald News, Tuesday, October 15, 1918, Page 1


HELENE A.A. SCHMIEDICKE    cemetery #44

From Der Nord Westen, 10 Feb. 1876:
Death of the 2 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Schmiedecke 
on Tuesday of diphtheria after only a few hours illness.
************
Name: Schmiedecke, Helena
D.: 2/8/1876
B.:
Reg. D.: 12/27/1876
Sex: F/W
Age at Death: 1 Yr. 11 Mo. 16 Da.
B.P.:
D.P.:
Cem.:
Ch.:
Inf. & Address: Rev. F. Pieper
Spouse:
F.:
M.:
Cause of Death: Scarlet Fever
Pg. #: v.1 p.206


JOH. CARL SCHMIEDICKE   cemetery #44

Name: Schmiedicke, John C. (Johan)
D.: 3/13/1878
B.: S4/10/1872
Reg. D.: 12/27/1878
Sex: M/W
Age at Death: 5 Yr. 11 Mo. 21 Da.
B.P.: Manitowoc
D.P.: Manitowoc
Cem.: Mtwc.
Ch.:
Inf. & Address: Rev. F. A. O. Pieper
Spouse:
F.: Herman Schmiedicke
M.: Christine Schmiedicke
Cause of Death: Diphtheria
Pg. #: v.1 p.275
**************
(Note: The d. date on this transcription and the d. date on the tombstone do not
match exactly. I contacted the cem. office and she said I have him buried 4/3/1878)
(new note: A researcher double checked the d. record and when typing the record
up, the day of death had been transposed..it should be 3/31/1878)


MARIA SCHMIEDICKE   cemetery #44

From Der Nord Westen, 27 May 1905: (Saturday dateline)
Death Thurs. evening of Mrs. Hermann Schmiedeke in the home of 
her son-in-law here, Albert Engels. Her death was the result of 
a stroke which she suffered several weeks ago. The deceased, who 
was a well-known and esteemed resident of our city, was born in 
Bavaria 66 yrs. ago and has been a resident of Manitowoc for 45 
yrs. In addition to her husband, she is survived by one daughter, 
Mrs. Albert Engels. The funeral will take place tomorrow (Sunday) 
afternoon at 2 p.m. from the funeral home at 712 Wollmer St.
********
[bur. 05-29-1905/cause: hemorrhage]


ELIZABETH SCHMILING   cemetery #89C

Mrs. Elizabeth Schmiling, 60, of 2109 W. Kilbourn Ave., Milwaukee, died early 
Thursday morning at Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Klein & Stangel, Inc. Funeral 
Home, Two Rivers, the Rev. Gervase Zanotti officiating. Burial will be in Forest 
View Cemetery, Two Rivers.
Mrs. Schmilling, nee Elizabeth Cook, was born Feb. 5, 1911, at Sault Ste. Marie, 
Mich., a daughter of the late William J. and Ida Sampson Cook. She was a member 
of the Order of Eastern Star and the Rebekah Lodge of Milwaukee as well as the 
Wisconsin Federation of Practical Nurses. For a number of years she was engaged 
as a practical nurse in the Milwaukee area.
Surviving are a daughter, a son, three sisters, Mrs. Harold Root and Mrs. Max 
Clegg of Sault Ste Marie, Mich.; two brothers, George of Drayton Plains, Mich., 
and Walter Cook of Richland, Wash., and four grandchildren.
(Survivors edited for privacy)
Friends may call at the funeral home after 3 p.m. Friday.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 4, 1971
********
Funeral services for Mrs. Elizabeth Schmiling, 60, of 2109 Kilbourn Ave., 
Milwaukee, who died at Lutheran Hospital, Milwaukee, early Thursday, will 
be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Klein & Stangel Inc., Funeral Home, Two Rivers, 
the Rev. Gervase Zanotti officiating. Burial will be in Forest View Cemetery, 
Two Rivers.
Among the three surviving sisters is Mrs. Oscar Schoenrock of Milwaukee. 
There are five grandchildren.
Friends may call at the funeral home where memorial services will be conducted 
by Two Rivers Chapter No. 229, Order of Eastern Star, at 7:30 o'clock this 
Friday evening.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. March 5, 1971


JOHN SCHMILL      Cemetery #44

Manitowoc Herald Times Jan 14, 1967
John Schmill, 68, of 1610 Hamilton St, Manitowoc, died Fridat at home of a 
heart attack.  Funeral services will be at 1:30 pm tuesday at First German
Evangelical Lutheran Church, Manitowoc.  The Rev. NW Kock will officiate and 
burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery, Manitowoc.
Mr. Schmill was born Oct. 10, 1898, at Niles, Ill., son of the late Henry and
Sophie Stief Schmill.  He came to Manitowoc County as a youth and attended 
Newtonburg schools.  He married Etta Jacob, May 10, 1923, at Manitowoc, and 
worked as a mechanic at Rodewald Garage, Newton, 30 years, retiring 2 years 
ago.  He was a former church deacon.
Survivors include the wife: two sons, a brother, and six grandchildren.  A 
brother preceded him in death.
Friends may call at Urbanek and Schlei Funeral Home, Manitowoc, after 2pm 
Monday until 11am Tuesday when the casket will be moved to church where the 
body will lie in state until the time of services.