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Visitation:
From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday September 8, 2015 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski.
Service:
11 a.m. Wednesday, September 9 at the Mount Pulaski
Zion Lutheran Church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Julian Schmidt, 96, of Mount Pulaski passed away
on September 4, 2015 at Abraham Lincoln Memorial
Hospital in Lincoln.
He was born January 10, 1919, at Mount Pulaski, IL
to Carl and Anna Christina Schmidt. He married Lois
Garton on May 2, 1943 in Lincoln. They have been
married for 72 years.
Surviving are three children; Gene (Pat) Schmidt of
Mount Pulaski, Gary (Kathy) Schmidt of Lincoln, and
Keith (Joanne) Schmidt of Lincoln. He was preceded
in death by one daughter Nancy Ann, his parents, one
brother Wilbur Schmidt and a sister Marilyn Fuhrer.
Also surviving are eight grandchildren; Tarin
(Steve) Dalton of Blue Ridge, VA, Lainen (Eric)
Graff of Cumming, GA, Jason (Casie) Schmidt of
Lincoln, Adam (Alyssa) Schmidt of Lincoln, Anna
Schmidt of Lincoln, Jordan (Carolann) Schmidt of
Monroe, WA; Julie (Ben) Jensen of Bloomington, and
Jeremiah Schmidt of East Peoria. There are two
step-grandchildren who are Tony (Rachel) West of
Mount Pulaski, and Wendy (Caymon) Redd. There are 17
great grandchildren, 6 step-great grandchildren, and
one great-great grandchild.
Julian Schmidt attended Illinois State University
for two years. He served fout years as a Navy Pilot
in World War II. After the war he farmed near Mount
Pulaski raising grain crops, cattle and swine. He
was active in Logan County serving as a 4-H leader
for five years. He was on the board of the Logan
County Farm Bureau and the Logan County extension
service. He served on the board of the Sangamon
Valley Farm Management for nine years. He served on
the board of the Mount Pulaski High School for six
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Julian was a lifelong member of the Mount Pulaski
American Legion for 55 years and will have a
military funeral at the cemetery in Mount Pulaski.
Funeral services for Julian will be at 11:00 a.m.
Wednesday September 9, 2015, at the Mount Pulaski
Zion Lutheran Church with Rev. Jonathan Buescher
officiating. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m. Tuesday September 8, 2015 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski. Burial will be at Mount Pulaski Cemetery
where full military rites will be accorded.
Memorials may be made to the Mount Pulaski Zion
Lutheran Church or to the American Legion Post #447.
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