We regret to announce that, this past summer, we lost the following members of our family tree:
- Viola Fern (Gidel) Anderson-Schmidt (1927-2020)
- Donald Vilah Casbon (1946-2020)
- Geraldine Anne (Hansen) Christensen (1922-2020)
- Lee Elwin Decker (1938-2020)
- Judith Emaline “Judy” (Jergens) Habben (1947-2020)
- Michael David Kochendorfer (1946-2020)
- Larry Gene Rizzardi (1952-2020)
- David Edward Schmidt (1947-2020)
See below for further details:
Viola Fern (Gidel) Anderson-Schmidt (1927-2020)
Fern was the widow of Harvey Schmidt, daughter-in-law of Charles Schmidt, granddaughter-in-law of Karl Schmidt, great-granddaughter-in-law of Dietrich Schmidt Jr., 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.
Donald Vilah Casbon (1946-2020)
Donald was the son of Pauline (Raub) Casbon, grandson of Adam Raub, great grandson of Franz “Frank” Raub, 2xgreat grandson of Johannes Raub Jr., 3xgreat grandson of Johannes Raub Sr., 4xgreat grandson of Catharina (Raub) Raub, 5xgreat grandson of Johann George Heinrich Raub, 6xgreat grandson of Anna (Schmidt) Raub, 7xgreat grandson of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 8xgreat grandson of Hans Schmidt.
Geraldine Anne (Hansen) Christensen (1922-2020)
Geraldine was a daughter of Esther (Kolterman) Hansen, granddaughter of Anna (Schmidt) Kolterman, great granddaughter of George Schmidt, 2xgreat granddaughter of Johann Michael Schmidt, 3xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 4xgreat granddaughter of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 5xgreat granddaughter of Martin Schmidt, 6xgreat granddaughter of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 7xgreat granddaughter of Hans Schmidt.
Lee Elwin Decker (1938-2020)
Lee was the father of our cousins, Marcheta, Kim, Lee, and Anthony Decker, who are the children of Vivian (Wilson) Perry, grandchildren of Pearl (White) Wilson, great grandchildren of Ed White, 2xgreat grandchildren of Wilhelmina (Schmidt) White, 3xgreat grandchildren of George Schmidt, 4xgreat grandchildren of Johann Michael Schmidt, 5xgreat grandchildren of Johannes Schmidt Jr., 6xgreat grandchildren of Johannes Schmidt Sr., 7xgreat grandchildren of Martin Schmidt, 8xgreat grandchildren of Hans Heinrich Schmidt, and 9xgreat grandchildren of Hans Schmidt.
Judith Emaline “Judy” (Jergens) Habben (1947-2020)
Judith was a daughter of Howard Jergens, granddaughter of Anna (Schmidt) Jergens, 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.
Michael David Kochendorfer (1946-2020)
Michael was the father of our cousins, Kay, Kass, Krystal, and Mikie Kochendorfer, who are the children of Diane (DeFlorin) Kennedy, grandchildren of Dorothy (Capeder) DeFlorin, great grandchildren of Elizabeth (Bohn) Capeder, 2xgreat grandchildren of Dietrich Bohn, 3xgreat grandchildren of Anna Barbara (Schmidt) Bohn, 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.
Larry Gene Rizzardi (1952-2020)
Larry was the husband of Lynn (Bohn) Rizzardi, son-in-law of Milton Bohn, grandson-in-law of Arthur 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.
David Edward Schmidt (1947-2020)
David was a son of Delmar Schmidt, grandson of Herman Schmidt, 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.