We regret to announce that, this past summer, we lost the following members of our family tree:
- Robert Eugene Marks (1966-2025)
- Lorraine Myrtle (Cosgrove) Scholten (1930-2025)
- Matthew Wayne Zinnel (1994-2025)
See below for further details:
Robert Eugene Marks (1966-2025)

Robert was the husband of our cousin Kimberly Keeble-Marks, son-in-law of Patricia Keeble, grandson-in-law of Carl Schafer, great-grandson-in-law of Elizabeth (Schmidt) Schafer, 2xgreat-grandson-in-law of Karl Schmidt, 3xgreat-grandson-in-law of Dietrich Schmidt Jr., 4xgreat-grandson-in-law of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 5xgreat-grandson-in-law of Friedrich Schmidt, 6xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 7xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 8xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 9xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Schmidt.
Lorraine Myrtle (Cosgrove) Scholten (1930-2025)

Lorraine was the widow of our cousin Donald Scholten, daughter-in-law of Elizabeth (Lindemann) Scholten, granddaughter-in-law of Elizabeth (Schmidt) Lindemann, great-granddaughter-in-law of Conrad Schmidt, 2xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 3xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Friedrich Schmidt, 4xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 5xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 6xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 7xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Hans Schmidt.
Matthew Wayne Zinnel (1994-2025)

Matthew was a son of Kelly Zinnel, grandson of Wayne Zinnel, great grandson of Harold Zinnel, 2xgreat grandson of Minnie (Eisler) Zinnel, 3xgreat grandson of Balthasar “Henry” Eisler, 4xgreat grandson of Anna (Lindemann) Eisler, 5xgreat grandson of Anna (Bomm) Lindemann, 6xgreat grandson of Anna (Sänger) Bomm, 7xgreat grandson of Johann George Sänger, 8xgreat grandson of Elisabeth Schmidt, 9xgreat grandson of Johann George Schmidt, 10xgreat grandson of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 11xgreat grandson of Hans Schmidt.