Viola Schmidt

Viola "Vi" Johnson Schmidt, 77, of Lincoln died at 12:13 p.m. Monday, July 24, 2000, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 27, at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Lincoln, with the Rev. Joseph Bleakley officiating.

Burial will be in Union Cemetery, Lincoln.

Visitation will be from 12 to 2 p.m. before the service at the church on Thursday. Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln, is handling arrangements.

Mrs. Schmidt was a housewife.

She was born April 21, 1923, at Wadena, Saskatchewan, Canada. Her parents were Frederick Sigvard and Mary Anna (Severson) Johnson. She married Ralph E. Schmidt on Jan. 10, 1946, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Surviving are her husband, Ralph, of Lincoln; one son, Floyd Frederick (and Robin) Schmidt of Springfield; one grandson, Tyler Schmidt of Springfield; three granddaughters, Heidi, Abbigail and Clara Schmidt, all of Springfield; one step-granddaughter, Staci (and Larry) Lester of Chicago; and one sister, Florence Scott of Atikokan, Ontario, Canada.

She was preceded in death by her mother, her father, three brothers and two sisters, all of Canada.

She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln, the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary #95 and Lincoln Emblem Club #433.

Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church of Lincoln or the American Heart Fund.

 


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