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Surnames: Schmidt, Litka, Knoll, Stump, Schmidt, Newman
----Source: Marshfield News Herald (Marshfield, WI) 05/29/2012
Schmidt,
Norman H. (5 JUN 1939 - 26 MAY 2012)
Norman H. Schmidt, 72, Loyal, passed
away on Saturday, May 26, 2012, under the care of his loving family and Ministry
Home Hospice following a valiant fight against pancreatic cancer for the past
year. A celebration of his life will be on Wednesday, May 30th at Trinity
Lutheran Church, Loyal with Rev. Dan Zimmerman officiating. The family will
greet family and friends for a visitation from 9:00 a.m. until 10:15 in the
church fellowship hall with a service to follow in the church at 10:30 a.m. A
private interment will follow with his immediate family at St. John's Lutheran
Cemetery, rural Riplinger, WI.
Norman Herman Schmidt was born June 5,
1939 in the Township of Beaver, rural Loyal, the son of Ervin and Verna (Litka)
Schmidt. He was raised on the family farm and received his education from Beaver
Center School and graduated from Loyal High School in 1957. He became an
accomplished musician during his high school days playing the piano accordion
and drums and formed his own polka band. He was a drummer with the Wayne Seefeld
Band, the Danny Stauss Band, the Bill Chambers Orchestra and the Harmony Four
Band and others through the years. He played his last drumming job with the
Harmony Four Band at Owen on April 14, 2012.
Norm married Jan (Janet
Knoll) on June 30, 1962 at St. John's Lutheran Church in Riplinger, WI. He
served in the U.S. Army from September 1962 until September 1964 when he
received his honorable discharge after being stationed at Fort Campbell,
Kentucky. He was employed by the Clark County Highway Department for 40 years
with the last 12 years as the Patrol Superintendent retiring in October of 1998.
He was then employed by the Township of Beaver as a part-time grader operator
until April of this year. He was a dedicated fire fighter and served on the
Loyal Fire Department for 45 years retiring in the fall of 2011. His children
grew up realizing his passion for fire fighting and presented him with his very
own 1957 Pumper Fire Truck the Father's Day of 1999. It was his prized
possession and he spent many enjoyable hours with family and friends "playing
fire truck" as Jan called it. Most recently he taught his youngest grandson Bo
(14) to drive and operate it. He was a charter member of the Loyal Ambulance
Service and served as an EMT for the city of Loyal until 1983 when the family
moved to their current country home on Rock Creek Road. Norm was a lifetime
member of Trinity Lutheran Church and served on the church council in earlier
years. He also served as an alderman on the Loyal City Council and was chairman
of the Building Committee when the new Town of Beaver Hall was built. He was a
member of the Loyal American Legion Post 175.
Norm was a loving family
man, enjoying the simple things in life whether it be helping Jan with yard work
and her flowers or lending a hand to family and friends for any project that was
being done. He spent many hours listening to Old Time Music Sunday mornings on
the radio and watching the polka shows on RFD TV. He loved playing cards with
family and friends and he and Jan spent several years in Port Aransas, Texas
during the winter months.
He will be dearly missed by his wife Jan of
almost 50 years (June 30, 2012) and his three wonderful children and their
spouses, Scott (Julie) Schmidt, Neillsville, Lona (Jay) Stump, Willard, and Chad
(Cheryl) Schmidt, Mosinee along with his six grandchildren that he was so very
proud of, Luke Schmidt, St. Paul, MN, Austen (Stephanie) Stump, Greenwood,
Chelsea Schmidt, Sioux Falls, SD, Leah (special friend Justin) Stump, Altoona,
Samantha and Bo Schmidt, Mosinee. Our lives have been truly blessed because we
have had the best of the best as his wife, children and grandchildren. He is
also survived by one brother, Kenneth (Nancy) Schmidt of Loyal, sisters-in-law,
Dorene Newman, Evelyn and Cheryl Knoll, brothers-in-law, Don Newman and LaVern
and Gene Knoll.
We would like to thank the Marshfield Clinic Oncology and
the Ministry Home Hospice staff for their compassionate care over the past
several months. A special thank you to Pastor Dan Zimmerman, family and friends
for prayers and concern during this difficult time.
In lieu of flowers
memorials may be given in his name to the family to be designated at a later
time.
On line condolences my be expressed
atwww.cremationsocietyofwisconsin.com
The Cremation Society of
Wisconsin, Altoona has assisted the family with arrangements.
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