Surnames: Schmitt, Birkeneder, Eder, Milz, Sauber, Meyer, Locknane

----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.) Thurs. 03/06/2008

Schmitt, Mary Margaret (5 May 1927 - 5 Mar 2008)

Mary M. Schmitt LOYAL -- Mary Margaret Schmitt, 80, of Loyal, died Wednesday, March 5, 2008, at the House of the Dove in Marshfield.

Services will be at noon Saturday, March 8, at St. Anthony's Catholic Church in Loyal. Burial, at a later date, will be in the parish cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a 6:45 p.m. Knights of Columbus rosary service and a 7 p.m. prayer service, Friday at Cuddie Funeral Home.

Mary was born May 5, 1927, in Geneva, Ill., to Anton and Helen (Birkeneder) Eder. Mary was united in marriage to Ralph F. Schmitt on Sept. 14, 1946, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Maple Park, Ill. They moved to Loyal in 1968 and bought a farm. Mary was a homemaker and worked for 11/2 years at the Marshfield Convalescent Center. They retired from the farm in 1999.

She is survived by her husband, Ralph Sr. of Loyal; six children, Connie (Ray) Milz, Milladore, Patricia Sauber, Caro, Mich., Pamela (Randy) Meyer, Loyal, Ralph F. Schmitt Jr., Willard, Nancy (Jerry) Locknane, Maple Grove, Minn., Albert (Rhonda) Schmitt, Marshfield; 18 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.