OBITUARY: Maxine Lois Schmidt Kopetjka 1934-2002, Worth County, Iowa




                         Maxine Lois Kopetjka


[The Northwood Anchor online  -- Posted October 29, 2002]


Maxine Lois Kopetjka, 67, Manly, died Saturday, Oct. 19, 2002, at her home
in Manly.

Memorial services were Saturday at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Manly
with Rev. Randy Nielsen officiating.  Graveside committal service were
held prior to the memorial service at the Grafton Cemetery.  

According to her wishes her body was cremated.

Maxine Lois Kopetjka was born on Dec. 16, 1934, in Mason City, the daughter
of Emil and Elizabeth (Wirtjes) Schmidt.  She was baptized and reaffirmed
the faith of her baptism through confirmation at the Emmanuel Lutheran
Church in Grafton.  She attended and received her education in the
Plymouth and Rock Falls Schools, graduating from Rock Falls High School.
Maxine also attended and graduated with a nursing degree from North Iowa
Area Community College in Mason City.  After completing her schooling
Maxine worked for Mercy Hospital for 23 years as a nurse in the O.B.
and ped's floor, retiring due to ill health.  

She enjoyed gardening, cooking, reading, and handwork, but her great love
and enjoyment was her family and grandchildren, and spending time with
them.  Maxine also loved and enjoyed being very active in the church
circle at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Manly,

She was a member of Bethlehem Lutheran Church in Manly and the Rebecca
Lodge in Manly.

Left to cherish her memory are her children, Ronald Kopetjka of Grand
Prairie, TX, Rhonda Chodur and her husband Richard of Joice, and Joleen
Kalvig and her husband Bob of Manly; 10 grandchildren; three great-
grandchildren; two brothers, Robert Schmidt and his wife Donna of Nora
Springs, and Donald Schmidt and his wife Anna Jean of Hotchkiss, CO;
several nieces and nephews as well as other relatives and many friends.

Her parents, a brother, James Schmidt and a sister, Lois Schmidt, preceded
her in death.





Copyright (c) 2002 by Kermit Kittleson
(Note: Not necessarily related to the subject of this obituary.)

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