Katie (Krug) Schmidt’s Dutch Pickles Recipe (Circa 1919)

This Schmidt Family pickle recipe dates back to the year 1919 and comes from the recipe collection of Kathryn “Katie” (Krug) Schmidt (1900-1991), the wife of Charlie Schmidt (1893-1982), of West Bend, Iowa. Be sure to submit a recipe or two from your branch of the Schmidt Family! Click here to add. Katie was the wife of […]

Get Dipsy Daisy Dry Dip Mixes at the Reunion!

Come to the 2016 Schmidt Reunion because Katie Meyer’s Dipsy Daisy Dry Drip will be vending her gourmet dry dips and wine slushies “that will turn your world upside-down! Katie Kelley Meyer officially began selling Dipsy Daisy dip mixes in the late spring/early summer of 2011 at the Spencer Farmer’s Market. Prior to this Dipsy Daisy was […]

Charles and Kathryn (Krug) Schmidt in 1979

(Left to right) Back row: Edna Anna (Schmidt) Storesund (1920-2005); Harvey Leroy Schmidt (1928-1998); Everett Charles Schmidt (1925-2005). Front row: Kathryn “Katie” Elizabeth (Krug) Schmidt (1900-1991); Charles George Schmidt (1893-1982); Rosabelle Margaret (Schmidt) Johnson (1927-Present); Lillian Marie (Schmidt) Longseth (1922-2011). Photo taken at Charles and Katie’s 60th wedding anniversary in Emmetsburg, Iowa in 1979. Charlie […]

Happy Mother’s Day!

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms in the Schmidt Family! Here are 14 mothers in the Schmidt family, at the Carl Lindemann farm in Humboldt, Iowa. A couple of them are still unidentified–perhaps you can help? This photo was taken during Mike and Lizzie (Schmidt) Lindemann’s 50th wedding anniversary celebration in July 1937. (Left to […]