Birth: 13 Mar 1922 – Ottosen, Humboldt, Iowa, USA
Death: 1 May 1972 – St Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, USA
Father: Frederick William Schmidt (1892-1955)
Mother: Emma Messner (1892-1978)
Marriage: 18 May 1946 – St Charles, Kane, Illinois, USA
Spouse: Delores Veronica Ranweiler (1925-2009)
Children:
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- Russell John Schmidt (1952-2016)
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- William Alvin Schmidt (1956-2018)
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- Living (Private)
- Anthony Edward Schmidt (1961-1965)
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- Peggy Louise Schmidt (1967-2024)