Obit: Schmitt, Sarah M. (1897 - 1982)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
E-mail: dolores@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Schmitt, Hokamp, Hainz, Illinski, Janisch, Lesczynski

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 6/24/1982

Schmitt, Sarah M. (29 September 1897 – 19 June 1982)

A longtime Pine Valley and Grant citizen, Sarah M. Schmitt, 84, passed away in Neillsville Memorial Home on Saturday morning, June 19.

The deceased was born on September 29, 1897, in Jefferson to David and Katherine (Hokamp) Hainz. She received her education in that area and then lived in Clark County with her parents for a short time prior to moving to Chicago and Detroit where she worked for several years. On October 19, 1926, she married Jacob C. Schmitt in Neillsville ceremonies.

The couple then farmed in the Town of Pine Valley. On February 9, 1967, Mr. Schmitt died; Mrs. Schmit then moved to the Town of Grant where she lived until fourteen months ago when she became a resident of Neillsville Memorial Home. She was a member of St. Mary’s Parish and its Parish Council of Catholic Women.

Surviving her is a son, LaVerne, Neillsville; a daughter, Mrs. Lourdes Illinski, Marshfield; a sister, Mrs. Kurt (Leona) Janisch, Morton Grove, Illinois; four brothers, Frank Hainz and Edward Hainz, both of Neillsville, Lawrence Hainz of Milwaukee and Otto Hainz of St. Petersburg, Florida; and four grandsons. She was preceded in death, besides her husband, by two sons, three brothers and a sister.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday morning, June 22, from St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Neillsville with the Rev. James Lesczynski of Willard’s Holy Family Parish officiating. Burial was made in St. Mary’s Cemetery. The Gesche Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.