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Mathias "Mathew" Schmid

10 Oct 1872 – 15 Dec 1960

Birth	10 Oct 1872
Death	15 Dec 1960
Cemetery	Columbus Cemetery Columbus , Platte County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Shirley (Bruhn) Martys on 13 Jul 2008
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19615638

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From the web site: http://rootsweb.ancestry.com/~neplatte/vitals/vitals1960.html The Columbus Daily Telegram, December 15, 1960 DIED SCHMID--Mathias (Mathew) Schmid, 88, a retired farmer and stockman, died at 9:45 a.m. today in the Lutheran hospital where he had been confined for the greater part of a year. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Federated church, the Rev. Harold B. Taylor officiating. Burial will be in the Columbus cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Gass Funeral home Friday after 11 a.m., and at the Federated church on Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service. Mr. Schmid, son of the late Adam and Barbara Baumgartner Schmid, was born Oct. 10, 1872 at Clarkson. Later the family moved to Colfax county, about five miles north of Richland, where he grew to manhood. He received his education in the local schools, and was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran church. On Sept. 28, 1897 Mr. Schmid married Katherine Luchsinger, daughter of Franz and Katherine Luchsinger. After their marriage they lived four miles east of Columbus for 25 years, moving to Columbus in March, 1923. He was a member of the Federated church and the Wayside Country club. Survivors include his wife; one son, Walter of Richland; two daughters, Grace K. of Laramie, Wyo., and Mrs. Leonard (Ruth) Fleischer of Columbus; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Miss Mary Schmid of Columbus and Mrs. Walter (Martha) Pelter of Anaheim, Calif. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Florence; two brothers, Adam and Martin Schmid; three sisters, Mrs. Sam Gertsch, Mrs. Emil Held and Mrs. Emil Klug.

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Family

Parents

• Adam Schmid 1843–1922 FaG
• Barbara Baumgartner Schmid 1843–1916 FaG

Spouse

• Katherine Luchsinger Schmid 1876–1974

Siblings

• Margaret "Maggie" Schmid Gertsch 1871–1933
• Rachel Schmid Held 1875–1911 FaG
• Barbara Schmid Klug 1876–1939
• Mary Schmid 1878–1968 FaG
• Adam Schmid 1881–1947 FaG
• Martha Emily Schmid Pelter 1884–1962 FaG
• Martin Schmid 1886–1952 FaG

Children

• Walter Adam Schmid 1898–1981
• Grace K. Schmid 1902–2009
• Ruth Schmid Fleischer 1906–1996
• Florence Schmid 1908–1918

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