Obituary Bismarck Tribune (October 15, 2004)
Clemens Schmitz, 93, Mandan, died Oct. 14, 2004, at a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18, at First Presbyterian Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Dale Nabben officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
Visitation is scheduled for 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 from 8 p.m. Sunday at Perry Funeral Home, Mandan, with a prayer service beginning at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour before services at the church.
Clemens was born March 21, 1911, at rural Lark to Bernard L. and Pauline (Patzwald) Schmitz. He was raised northwest of Lark and, as a young man, worked as a farmhand. On Sept. 18, 1938, he married Violet Ritz at her parents' home near Judson. In 1945 they moved to a farm near Judson. They continued farming there until 1969, when they moved to California, where he worked in an asbestos plant for 10 years. In August 1983 they returned to Mandan. Clemens served on the Spring Valley and New Salem school boards and also the Bethel United Church of Christ Council.
He is survived by five daughters and five sons-in-law, Gloria and Ken Snyder, Bismarck, Carol and Dale Stearley, Coulterville, Calif., June and Lester Toman and Marcella and Floyd Hopfauf, all of Mandan, and Sharon and Larry Bittner, Grand Ronde, Ore.; one son and daughter-in-law, Cameron and Yvonne Schmitz, Peoria, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Clemens was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Violet, in September; five brothers, Julius, Dave, Walter, Emery and Elmer; one sister, Edna; and one son-in-law, John Hegel.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to the Portal Fund at First Presbyterian Church, 310 Third Ave. N.W., Mandan, N.D. 58554.
Clemens Schmitz, 93, Mandan, died Oct. 14, 2004, at a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18, at First Presbyterian Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Dale Nabben officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
Visitation is scheduled for 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 from 8 p.m. Sunday at Perry Funeral Home, Mandan, with a prayer service beginning at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour before services at the church.
Clemens was born March 21, 1911, at rural Lark to Bernard L. and Pauline (Patzwald) Schmitz. He was raised northwest of Lark and, as a young man, worked as a farmhand. On Sept. 18, 1938, he married Violet Ritz at her parents' home near Judson. In 1945 they moved to a farm near Judson. They continued farming there until 1969, when they moved to California, where he worked in an asbestos plant for 10 years. In August 1983 they returned to Mandan. Clemens served on the Spring Valley and New Salem school boards and also the Bethel United Church of Christ Council.
He is survived by five daughters and five sons-in-law, Gloria and Ken Snyder, Bismarck, Carol and Dale Stearley, Coulterville, Calif., June and Lester Toman and Marcella and Floyd Hopfauf, all of Mandan, and Sharon and Larry Bittner, Grand Ronde, Ore.; one son and daughter-in-law, Cameron and Yvonne Schmitz, Peoria, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Clemens was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Violet, in September; five brothers, Julius, Dave, Walter, Emery and Elmer; one sister, Edna; and one son-in-law, John Hegel.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to the Portal Fund at First Presbyterian Church, 310 Third Ave. N.W., Mandan, N.D. 58554.
Obituary Bismarck Tribune (October 15, 2004)
Clemens Schmitz, 93, Mandan, died Oct. 14, 2004, at a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18, at First Presbyterian Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Dale Nabben officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
Visitation is scheduled for 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 from 8 p.m. Sunday at Perry Funeral Home, Mandan, with a prayer service beginning at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour before services at the church.
Clemens was born March 21, 1911, at rural Lark to Bernard L. and Pauline (Patzwald) Schmitz. He was raised northwest of Lark and, as a young man, worked as a farmhand. On Sept. 18, 1938, he married Violet Ritz at her parents' home near Judson. In 1945 they moved to a farm near Judson. They continued farming there until 1969, when they moved to California, where he worked in an asbestos plant for 10 years. In August 1983 they returned to Mandan. Clemens served on the Spring Valley and New Salem school boards and also the Bethel United Church of Christ Council.
He is survived by five daughters and five sons-in-law, Gloria and Ken Snyder, Bismarck, Carol and Dale Stearley, Coulterville, Calif., June and Lester Toman and Marcella and Floyd Hopfauf, all of Mandan, and Sharon and Larry Bittner, Grand Ronde, Ore.; one son and daughter-in-law, Cameron and Yvonne Schmitz, Peoria, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Clemens was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Violet, in September; five brothers, Julius, Dave, Walter, Emery and Elmer; one sister, Edna; and one son-in-law, John Hegel.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to the Portal Fund at First Presbyterian Church, 310 Third Ave. N.W., Mandan, N.D. 58554.
Clemens Schmitz, 93, Mandan, died Oct. 14, 2004, at a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 18, at First Presbyterian Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Dale Nabben officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens, Bismarck.
Visitation is scheduled for 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday and 1 from 8 p.m. Sunday at Perry Funeral Home, Mandan, with a prayer service beginning at 7:30 p.m. Visitation will continue one hour before services at the church.
Clemens was born March 21, 1911, at rural Lark to Bernard L. and Pauline (Patzwald) Schmitz. He was raised northwest of Lark and, as a young man, worked as a farmhand. On Sept. 18, 1938, he married Violet Ritz at her parents' home near Judson. In 1945 they moved to a farm near Judson. They continued farming there until 1969, when they moved to California, where he worked in an asbestos plant for 10 years. In August 1983 they returned to Mandan. Clemens served on the Spring Valley and New Salem school boards and also the Bethel United Church of Christ Council.
He is survived by five daughters and five sons-in-law, Gloria and Ken Snyder, Bismarck, Carol and Dale Stearley, Coulterville, Calif., June and Lester Toman and Marcella and Floyd Hopfauf, all of Mandan, and Sharon and Larry Bittner, Grand Ronde, Ore.; one son and daughter-in-law, Cameron and Yvonne Schmitz, Peoria, Ariz.; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Clemens was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Violet, in September; five brothers, Julius, Dave, Walter, Emery and Elmer; one sister, Edna; and one son-in-law, John Hegel.
In lieu of flowers, the family prefers memorials to the Portal Fund at First Presbyterian Church, 310 Third Ave. N.W., Mandan, N.D. 58554.
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