Birth: 7 Apr 1925 – West Bend, Kossuth, Iowa, USA
Death: 3 Jul 2007 – Fort Dodge, Webster, Iowa, USA
Father: Frederick William Schmidt (1892-1955)
Mother: Emma Messner (1892-1978)
Marriage: 27 Oct 1948 – Sleepy Eye, Brown, Minnesota, USA
Spouse: Shirley Lorraine Wandersee (1930-2005)
Children:
- Living (Private)
- Brian Jay Schmidt (1953-2014)
- Living (Private)
- Living (Private)
- Living (Private)