Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Schmidt, Bessie C (Randall) April 20, 1975 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Patricia Blood pat.blood@gmail.com January 13, 2023, 7:01 am Ionia Sentinel Standard Mrs. Bessie C. Schmidt, 81, of 211 Adams, died early Tuesday morning at Ionia Memorial hospital where she had been a patient the past week. Born in Ionia April 23, 1893, she was the daughter of Charles and Monica Perry Randall and lived her entire life in the Ionia area. After graduation from Ionia high school she attended the North Central college at Naperville, Ill., and after graduation returned to Ionia to teach private music lessons until her retirement in 1970. August 8, 1916, she was married to Orin F. Schmidt at the United Methodist church, the and they celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1966. He died March 12, 1971. She was a member of the Zion United Methodist Church, the Bethany Sunday school class and Suzanna circle of the church and Blue Star Mothers club. Surviving are three sons, Leland of Los Angeles, Calif., Gordon of Milford and Earl of Ionia; two daughters, Mrs. Madaline Cook of Ionia and Mrs. Carol Frisbey of Harbor Springs; 17 grandchildren and 14 great -grandchildren. Funeral services will be Thursday at 1 pm at the Zion United Methodist church. Rev Nolan Williams will officiate assisted by a grandson, Rev. Derryl Cook of the United Methodist church of Evart. Interment will be at the Tuttle cemetery. The family will be at the Leddick funeral home Tuesday from 7 to 9 pm and Wednesday from 2 to 4 pm and 7 to 9 pm. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/schmidt44829nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb