Katharina Schmidt

Mrs. Katharina Schmidt, 88, of West Burlington, died at 12:32 p.m. Sunday, April 20, 2014 at Great River Hospice House in West Burlington. Born July 12, 1925 in Mekenyes, Hungary, she was the daughter of Johann and Elisabeth Krahling Boetz. On February 10, 1944 she married Konrad Schmidt Jr. in Mekenyes. She and her family came to America in 1952. Her husband preceded her in death on June 3, 2003. Mrs. Schmidt was a homemaker and also worked at Ross Manufacturing, I.A.A.P., Winegard and was a nurse's aide at Burlington Hospital. She was a member of Bethany Lutheran Church and loved tending to her flowers and garden and spending time with her family. Survivors include one daughter, Kathy (Dennis) Johnson of West Burlington; two sons, Konrad (Linda) Schmidt III of Woodland Park, Colorado and Herb (Kathy) Schmidt of West Burlington; four grandchildren, Julie (Bryan) Perkins, Corey Johnson, Katie Schmidt and Annie Schmidt all of West Burlington; two great grandsons, Braydon Perkins and Jared Perkins both of West Burlington; four nieces; two nephews and one cousin, Susanne Adam of West Burlington. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother John Boetz, sister E...[more]

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abeth and grandson Nicholas Schmidt. The funeral service for Mrs. Schmidt will be 2:30 p.m. Friday, April 25th, at Lunning chapel with Pastor Rick Biedermann officiating. Interment will be in Aspen Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until the time of service. In lieu of flowers, memorials have been established for Bethany Lutheran Church and Great River Hospice House.