Thank You to Clint and Magdalena Schmidt!

July 7, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Announcements acknowledgement, clint, contribution, donation, donations, family, fund, fundraising, funds, iowa, magdalena, minnesota, reunion, reunite, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, thank you, thanks, west bend, winthrop Leave a comment

THANK YOU to our cousin Clint Schmidt and his wife Magdalena of Winthrop, Minnesota for their extremely generous donation to the 2016 Schmidt Family Reunion fund! Join them and make history. Clint is the son of Richard “Dick” Schmidt, grandson of Elmer “Doc” Schmidt, great grandson of Fred Schmidt, 2xgreat grandson of Henry Schmidt Sr., […]

The 3 Henry John Schmidts of West Bend, Iowa

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos apostolic, belva, bochum, brownton, celina, conrad, dysart, emigration, essen, family, farming, germany, hector, henry, huchinson, immigration, iowa, john, lindemann, machtlos, mallard, martha, mary, methodist, military, minnesota, moser, names, perkins, pocahontas, presbyterian, reunion, reunite, rodman, rolfe, schmidt, schmidts, spencer, uemmingen, west bend, winthrop, wirtz, world war 1, zeeland Leave a comment

If you want to have a conversation about Henry John Schmidt of West Bend, Iowa, you had better be careful. There were, in fact, 3 Henry Johns in the Schmidt family of that town, who all lived at the same time, and were all related to one another. All 3 even used the nickname “Heiney,” […]

Henry and Celina (Wirtz) Schmidt family

May 17, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Family History, Family Photos 2016, abbell, alsleben, arline, arnold, bernadine, bethesda, brownton, bucklin, california, celina, dorothy, eldwin, family, gaylord, gladys, gruendemann, henry, hutchinson, illinois, iowa, joyce, jr, junior, lindstrand, lyle, marjorie, mary ann, maryland, messner, millie, minnesota, peoria, reunion, san marcos, schmidt, schmidts, silver lake, simonton, spencer, thiem, viola, west bend, willmar, winthrop, wirtz Leave a comment

Henry Jr. and Celina (Wirtz) Schmidt and their children: (From left to right) Back row: Arnold Schmidt (farmer — Gaylord, MN); Joyce Abbell (interior designer — Bethesda, MD); Gladys Gruendemann (3M/antique furniture restorer — Hutchinson, MN); Lyle Schmidt (farmer — Hutchinson, MN); Marjorie Bucklin (3M worker — Hutchinson, MN and Orlando, FL); Eldwin Schmidt (trucker […]

Elmer Raymond “Doc” Schmidt (1923-2015)

February 26, 2015February 26, 2015 Schmidt Reunion Cousin Updates apostolic, doc, elmer, family, funeral, history, minnesota, obituary, raymond, schmidt, schmidts, winthrop Leave a comment

As some of you know, the family lost one of our dearest patriarchs on Sunday. Elmer Raymond “Doc” Schmidt died February 22nd, 2015, at the age of 91. He was grandpa to some, uncle to others, and cousin to many. Elmer was the son of Fred Schmidt, grandson of Henry Schmidt, great grandson of Conrad […]