We regret to announce that, this past spring, we lost the following members of our family tree:
- Joshua Maxwell Abbell (1973-2024)
- Cody Don Hershey (1964-2024)
- Joseph Howard Jergens (1947-2024)
- Marilyn Mae (Marcellus) Lindemann (1936-2024)
- Eric Jay Maberry (1965-2024)
- Peggy Louise Schmidt (1967-2024)
- Richard James West (1926-2024)
See below for further details:
Joshua Maxwell Abbell (1973-2024)
Joshua was a son of Joyce (Schmidt) Abbell, grandson of Henry Schmidt Jr., great grandson of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat grandson of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat grandson of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 4xgreat grandson of Friedrich Schmidt, 5xgreat grandson of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 6xgreat grandson of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 7xgreat grandson of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 8xgreat grandson of Hans Schmidt.
Cody Don Hershey (1964-2024)
Cody was the father of our cousins Dakota and Bria Hershey, who are the children of Jerilyn Schmidt-Hershey, grandchildren of Roger Schmidt, great grandchildren of Bill Schmidt, 2xgreat grandchildren of William Schmidt, 3xgreat grandchildren of Karl Schmidt, 4xgreat grandchildren of Dietrich Schmidt Jr., 5xgreat grandchildren of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 6xgreat grandchildren of Friedrich Schmidt, 7xgreat grandchildren of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 8xgreat grandchildren of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 9xgreat grandchildren of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 10xgreat grandchildren of Hans Schmidt.
Joseph Howard Jergens (1947-2024)
Joseph was a son of Howard Jergens, grandson of Anna (Schmidt) Jergens, great grandson of Conrad Schmidt, 2xgreat grandson of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 3xgreat grandson of Friedrich Schmidt, 4xgreat grandson of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 5xgreat grandson of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 6xgreat grandson of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 7xgreat grandson of Hans Schmidt.
Marilyn Mae (Marcellus) Lindemann (1936-2024)
Marilyn was the widow of our cousin Marvin Lindemann, daughter-in-law of Carl Lindemann, 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.
Eric Jay Maberry (1965-2024)
Eric was a son of Randolph Maberry, grandson of Eleanor (Schafer) Maberry, great grandson of Elizabeth (Schmidt) Schafer, 2xgreat grandson of Karl Schmidt, 3xgreat grandson of Dietrich Schmidt Jr., 4xgreat grandson of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 5xgreat grandson of Friedrich Schmidt, 6xgreat grandson of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 7xgreat grandson of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 8xgreat grandson of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 9xgreat grandson of Hans Schmidt.
Peggy Louise Schmidt (1967-2024)
Peggy was a daughter of Alvin Schmidt, granddaughter of Fred Schmidt, great granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 4xgreat granddaughter of Friedrich Schmidt, 5xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 6xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 7xgreat granddaughter of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 8xgreat granddaughter of Hans Schmidt.
Richard James West (1926-2024)
Richard was the husband of our cousin Ruth (Bohn) West, son-in-law of William Bohn, grandson-in-law of Dietrich Bohn, great-grandson-in-law of Anna Barbara (Schmidt) Bohn, 2xgreat-grandson-in-law of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 3xgreat-grandson-in-law of Friedrich Schmidt, 4xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 5xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 6xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 7xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Schmidt.