1920
Dale
2010
Dale G. Schmidt
December 19, 1920 — October 4, 2010
Dale G. Schmidt, 89, of St. Paul died Monday, October 04, 2010 at his home in St. Paul.
A time to greet the family and sign the memorial book for Dale will be held on Wednesday, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. Rev. Thomas Clark will officiate. A graveside service will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in St. Paul with military honors by Carl Mogensen American Legion Post #119 of St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to Ascera Care Hospice or to the St. Paul EMT's.
Mr. Schmidt was born December 19, 1920 in Scotia, NE to George and Emma (Scharnow) Schmidt. Dale was raised by an uncle and aunt, John and Anna Schmidt at Dannebrog because of the death of Dale's mother when he was four days old. He attended country school east of Dannebrog.
After his schooling, he worked for John Schmidt on the farm near Dannebrog.
Dale entered the U.S. Army on October 20, 1942. He served as a light truck driver. He served in Normandy, Belgium, Northern France, Ardiennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. Dale was the first person drafted from Howard County during World War II. He received his discharge on December 2, 1945.
Dale was united in marriage to Maxine Friedrichsen on September 18, 1946 in Hiawatha, KS. The couple first lived near Dannebrog. They then moved their belongings by horse and wagon to a farm near Elba. Dale worked breaking horses and also worked for Earl Conway using a bulldozer to build farm dams. For a short time he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad.
In 1955 he began working for the Nebraska Department of Roads in the maintenance department. He retired in 1990. After his retirement he attended auctions and found other ways to keep busy. He also had a tree and stump removal business.
He and his wife Maxine loved to dance and Dale enjoyed listening to country music.
He was a very good marksman and he enjoyed shooting bluerocks. Dale loved all of nature, wildlife and the outdoors. He liked to fish and hunt.
He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul and a past member of the Eagle's Club in Grand Island.
Survivors include two sons, Don Schmidt of St. Paul and his fiancé©, TaLana Chamberlain of Stanton, NE and Jim Schmidt of St. Paul; one daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Rick Kwiatkowski of St. Paul; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Jeff and Tanya Crouch, JoAnna and Jeremy (Crouch) Ringlein, Amy (Crouch) and Tim Hewitt, Matt Schmidt, Corey and Heather Schmidt, Jennifer and Joel May and Jenny Schmidt; and eleven great-grandchildren, Emily, Madison, Peyton, Erica, Hunter, Alexander, Ella, Caeden, Ian, Brice and Macy and his beloved daschund, Dolly.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Maxine on February 3, 2006; a son, Delbert; one brother, Clifford Schmidt; and three sisters, Inez Livingston, Lorna Schmidt and Aileen Schmidt.
A time to greet the family and sign the memorial book for Dale will be held on Wednesday, from 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. at Jacobsen-Greenway Funeral Home in St. Paul. Rev. Thomas Clark will officiate. A graveside service will follow at Elmwood Cemetery in St. Paul with military honors by Carl Mogensen American Legion Post #119 of St. Paul.
Memorials are suggested to Ascera Care Hospice or to the St. Paul EMT's.
Mr. Schmidt was born December 19, 1920 in Scotia, NE to George and Emma (Scharnow) Schmidt. Dale was raised by an uncle and aunt, John and Anna Schmidt at Dannebrog because of the death of Dale's mother when he was four days old. He attended country school east of Dannebrog.
After his schooling, he worked for John Schmidt on the farm near Dannebrog.
Dale entered the U.S. Army on October 20, 1942. He served as a light truck driver. He served in Normandy, Belgium, Northern France, Ardiennes, Rhineland and Central Europe. Dale was the first person drafted from Howard County during World War II. He received his discharge on December 2, 1945.
Dale was united in marriage to Maxine Friedrichsen on September 18, 1946 in Hiawatha, KS. The couple first lived near Dannebrog. They then moved their belongings by horse and wagon to a farm near Elba. Dale worked breaking horses and also worked for Earl Conway using a bulldozer to build farm dams. For a short time he worked for the Union Pacific Railroad.
In 1955 he began working for the Nebraska Department of Roads in the maintenance department. He retired in 1990. After his retirement he attended auctions and found other ways to keep busy. He also had a tree and stump removal business.
He and his wife Maxine loved to dance and Dale enjoyed listening to country music.
He was a very good marksman and he enjoyed shooting bluerocks. Dale loved all of nature, wildlife and the outdoors. He liked to fish and hunt.
He was a member of Christ Lutheran Church in St. Paul and a past member of the Eagle's Club in Grand Island.
Survivors include two sons, Don Schmidt of St. Paul and his fiancé©, TaLana Chamberlain of Stanton, NE and Jim Schmidt of St. Paul; one daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Rick Kwiatkowski of St. Paul; seven grandchildren and their spouses, Jeff and Tanya Crouch, JoAnna and Jeremy (Crouch) Ringlein, Amy (Crouch) and Tim Hewitt, Matt Schmidt, Corey and Heather Schmidt, Jennifer and Joel May and Jenny Schmidt; and eleven great-grandchildren, Emily, Madison, Peyton, Erica, Hunter, Alexander, Ella, Caeden, Ian, Brice and Macy and his beloved daschund, Dolly.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Maxine on February 3, 2006; a son, Delbert; one brother, Clifford Schmidt; and three sisters, Inez Livingston, Lorna Schmidt and Aileen Schmidt.
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