Marlene was the wife of our cousin Everett Schmidt (1925-2005). She was the daughter of the late Aaron and Bernice (Brechler) Ernst, and she was the daughter-in-law of the late Charles and Katie (Krug) Schmidt.
The extended Schmidt Family conveys our condolences to Marlene’s surviving children: Tom (wife Judy) Schmidt, Kim (husband Patrick) Kelly, and Siri (husband Philip) Christy, as well as Marlene’s grandchildren and great grandchildren.
Marlene was the 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.