Obit for Mrs. Ella Pauline (SCHMIDT) CARPENTER (b.1885 d.1967) Longville, 
Cass Co., MN   (Abstract of Article)

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Ella Pauline Carpenter

Mrs. Ella Pauline Carpenter
Born: September 3, 1885
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Carl Schmidt, Big Stone City, SD

Married: July 23, 1913, Benson, MN
Spouse: Earl Spencer Carpenter
Lived in SD for 20 years
Then to Backus, MN, then to Longville, MN February 1937
Funeral services: United Church of Christ October 21st
Officiated: Rev. John Fischer
Pall bearers:grandsons: Roland Edwards
                        John Edwards 
                        Calvin Carpenter
                        Ted Carpenter
                        Raymond Strait
                        Rodney Carpenter
Honorary bearers: Robert Edwards
                  David Edwards
                  Jerald Carpenter
                 (4 grandsons in the Armed Forces)
Music by: Mrs. Orville Johnson (organist)
          Mrs. Corwin Felton (soloist) 
Songs: Sweet Hour of Prayer
       Abide with Me
Survived by: seven children: Mrs. Roland Spooner (Helen)
                             Mrs. Kenneth Strait (Wava)
                             Wesley 'Bud' Carpenter
                             Mrs. Cecil Carpenter (Dorothy)
                             Floyd Carpenter
                             Harold Carpenter
              four brothers: Wesley Schmidt, San Carlos, CA
                             Elmer Schmidt, Clark, SD
                             Ed Schmidt, Tyler, TX
                             Homer Schmidt, Denver, CO 
              34 grandchildren 
              30 great-grandchildren
Preceded in death by: her husband Spencer August 3, 1957
                      son James, November 22, 1964
                      infant son
(Poem included in obituary)
Interment: Riverview cemetery
Arrangements by: Thomas Funeral Home 
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RIVERSIDE CEMETERY - LONGVILLE MINNESOTA (same as Riverview)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Fields/2715/towns2/longville.html
Source: Newspaper clipping from family files, newspaper unknown
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FUNERAL CARD:

IN MEMORY OF
Ella Pauline Carpenter

BORN
September 3, 1885

DIED
October 18, 1967

SERVICE HELD FROM
Saturday, October 21, 1967 2:00 p.m.
United Church of Christ
Longville, Minnesota

OFFICIANT
Rev. John Fisher

MUSIC
Mrs. Corwin Felton, Organist
Mrs. Orville Johnson, Soloist

PALLBEARERS
Roland Edwards
Raymond Strait
Calvin Carpenter
John Carpenter
Ted Carpenter
Rodney Carpenter

HONORARY BEARERS
Robert Edwards
Jerald Carpenter
David Edwards
And four grandsons in the Armed Forces

FINAL RESTING PLACE
Riverview Cemetery

Thomas Funeral Services
Walker, Minnesota
ELLA PAULINE SCHMIDT