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Service:
A private family graveside service will be held at
Laurel Hill Cemetery
Funeral home:
Hurley Funeral Home, Havana
Obituary
Mary Schmidt, 92, of Havana passed
away on Tuesday, March 29, 2022 at 12:55 p.m. at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln,
Illinois.
She was born on January 1, 1930 in
Fulton County, Illinois to Ancil and Margaret
(Leonard) Blodgett. She married Wilburn “Cap”
Schmidt in Lewistown, Illinois on August 26, 1946.
He preceded her in death on February 27, 1994.
Mrs. Schmidt is survived by two
daughters: Helen (Dominic) Dalpoas of Lincoln,
Illinois and Carol Schmidt (Sue Sutherland) of
Havana, two sons: David (Cheryl) Schmidt of Lyle,
Washington and Richard Schmidt of Havana, seven
grandchildren, and eighteen great-grandchildren.
Also surviving are her sister, Margaret Bassette of
Pekin, Illinois and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her
husband, parents, daughter: Shirley Barker, one
granddaughter, three grandsons, four sisters, and
four brothers.
Mrs. Schmidt was a lifelong member of
the First Baptist Church of Havana, Illinois and
served in many positions there. She was a homemaker
and enjoyed helping her husband in construction and
farming. Her passion was gardening and working in
her greenhouse, where she raised many vegetables and
flowers for the public to buy.
For 20 years, starting in the early
80’s, she was a teaching assistant at her daughter
Shirley’s Big Apple Nursery School. Several summers
she and her husband helped at the American Baptist
Assembly Camp in Green Lake, Wisconsin, where she
was in charge of the greenhouse.
Most important to Mary was spending
time with her family, who she loved. |
A private family graveside service
will be held at Laurel Hill Cemetery. Casual attire
is preferred.
In lieu of flowers, memorial
donations may be made in Mary’s name to the Green
Lake Conference Center (formerly known as American
Baptist Assembly Camp) at W2511 State Road 23, Green
Lake, Wisconsin 54941 or to the American Red Cross.
Online condolences can be left for
her family at
www.hurleyfh.com.
Hurley Funeral Home in Havana is in
charge of arrangements. |
Mary
Schmidt