Thank You to Pam Sande!

THANK YOU to our cousin Pamela Sande of Humboldt, IA for her very generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join her and make history! Pam is the daughter of Otto Schafer, granddaughter of Lizzie (Schmidt) Schafer, great granddaughter of Karl Schmidt, 2xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich Schmidt Jr., 3xgreat granddaughter of Dietrich Schmidt Sr., 4xgreat granddaughter of Johann Friedrich Schmidt, 5xgreat granddaughter of Johannes […]

The Schafers of West Bend, Iowa

Elizabeth Marie “Lizzie” (Schmidt) Schafer, with 10 of her children, in West Bend, Iowa. Not pictured are William Schafer (who lived in California), Frances Schafer (who died in infancy), and Benjamin Schafer (who was killed in combat in WW2). Lizzie was the daughter of Karl and Maggie (Lindemann) Schmidt of Machtlos. (Left to right) Donald […]