In Memoriam: Fall 2020

We regret to announce that, this past fall, we lost the following members of our family tree:

See below for further details:


Joan Ann “JoAnn” (Schmidt) DeWall Perry (1930-2020)

Read Joan’s obituary

Joan was the daughter of Michael Schmidt, granddaughter of Karl Schmidt, great granddaughter of Dietrich Schmidt Jr., 2xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 3xgreat granddaughter of Friedrich Schmidt, 4xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 5xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 6xgreat granddaughter of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 7xgreat granddaughter of Hans Schmidt.


Donald Bernard Lanus (1932-2020)

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Donald was the husband of our cousin Leona Lanus, son-in-law of Elizabeth (Schmidt) Anliker, grandson-in-law of Henry Schmidt Sr., great-grandson-in-law of Conrad Schmidt, 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.


Marcia Kaye (Casbon) Luze (1938-2020)

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Marcia was the daughter of Pauline (Raub) Casbon, granddaughter of Adam Raub, great granddaughter of Franz “Frank” Raub, 2xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Raub Jr., 3xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Raub Sr., 4xgreat granddaughter of Catharina (Raub) Raub, 5xgreat granddaughter of Johann Georg Heinrich Raub, 6xgreat granddaughter of Anna (Schmidt) Raub, 7xgreat granddaughter of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 8xgreat granddaughter of Hans Schmidt.


Viola Mae (Schmidt) Messner (1930-2020)

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Viola was a daughter of Henry Schmidt Jr., granddaughter of Henry Schmidt Sr., great granddaughter of Conrad Schmidt, 2xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 3xgreat granddaughter of Friedrich Schmidt, 4xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 5xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 6xgreat granddaughter of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 7xgreat granddaughter of Hans Schmidt.


Richard Lawrence Nelson (1936-2020)

Richard was the husband of our cousin JoAnn Nelson, son-in-law of Walter Bohn, grandson-in-law of Emil Bohn Sr., great-grandson-in-law of Balthasar Bohn, 2xgreat-grandson-in-law of Anna Barbara (Schmidt) Bohn, 3xgreat-grandson-in-law of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 4xgreat-grandson-in-law of Friedrich Schmidt, 5xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 6xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 7xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 8xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Schmidt.


Kenneth Eugene Nielsen (1937-2020)

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Kenneth was the husband of our cousin Trudy (Johnson) Nielsen, son-in-law of Ethel (Schmidt) Bednarski, grandson-in-law of Fred Schmidt, great-grandson-in-law of Henry Schmidt Sr., 2xgreat-grandson-in-law of Conrad Schmidt, 3xgreat-grandson-in-law of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 4xgreat-grandson-in-law of Friedrich Schmidt, 5xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 6xgreat-grandson-in-law of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 7xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 8xgreat-grandson-in-law of Hans Schmidt.


Carolyn Joan (Benson) Schmidt Wilson (1962-2020)

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Carolyn was the mother of our cousins Jason, Heidi, and Brad Schmidt, who are the children of Al Schmidt, grandchildren of Alvin “Swede” Schmidt, great grandchildren of Fred Schmidt, 2xgreat grandchildren of Henry Schmidt Sr., 3xgreat grandchildren of Conrad Schmidt, 4xgreat grandchildren of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 5xgreat grandchildren of Friedrich Schmidt, 6xgreat grandchildren of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 7xgreat grandchildren of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 8xgreat grandchildren of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 9xgreat grandchildren of Hans Schmidt.


Faith Matilda (Glossner) Spriggs (1936-2020)

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Faith was the widow of our cousin Frederick Spriggs, daughter-in-law of Catherine (Schmidt) Spriggs, granddaughter-in-law of George Schmidt, great-granddaughter-in-law of Johann George Schmidt, 2xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Ludwig Schmidt, 3xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Johannes Schmidt, 4xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Martin Schmidt, 5xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 6xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Hans Schmidt.


Joleen Susan (Zinnel) Williams (1948-2020)

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Joleen was the daughter of Alvin Zinnel, granddaughter of Elizabeth (Eisler) Zinnel, great granddaughter of Balthasar “Henry” Eisler, 2xgreat granddaughter of Anna (Lindemann) Eisler, 3xgreat granddaughter of Anna (Bomm) Lindemann, 4xgreat granddaughter of Anna (Sänger) Bomm, 5xgreat granddaughter of Johann George Sänger, 6xgreat granddaughter of Elisabeth Schmidt, 7xgreat granddaughter of Johann George Schmidt, 8xgreat granddaughter of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 9xgreat granddaughter of Hans Schmidt.


Bonita Jean (Smith) Zinnel (1938-2020)

Read Bonita’s obituary

Bonita was the widow of our cousin Ronald Zinnel, daughter-in-law of Melvin Zinnel, granddaughter-in-law of Minnie (Eisler) Zinnel, great-granddaughter-in-law of Balthasar “Henry” Eisler, 2xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Anna (Lindemann) Eisler, 3xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Anna (Bomm) Lindemann, 4xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Anna (Sänger) Bomm, 5xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Johann George Sänger, 6xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Elisabeth Schmidt, 7xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Johann George Schmidt, 8xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 9xgreat-granddaughter-in-law of Hans Schmidt.

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