Obit for SCHMIDT, Bertha "Dottie (Zanter) (b.1929 d.2006), Murray Co., MN

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Murray Cnty, MN



Bertha "Dottie: Schmidt was born on May 24, 1929 on a farm in Murray 

County, Minnesota to Paul and Ida Bremer Zanter. She grew up on the 

family farm, attended Avoca Elementary School and graduated from Slayton 

High School in 1947. She lived at home and took care of her family. She 

and Leland Schmidt were married on February 24, 1949 at the American 

Lutheran parsonage in Avoca. Following their marriage, they lived in 

Avoca until 1953 when they moved to Walker, MN. They ran a dairy farm and 

Dottie worked at the bakery in town. In 1958, they returned to Avoca and 

Dottie and Erna Niehaus were partners in running the Friendly Tavern for 

a few years. She also did cleaning at the elevator, church and parsonage. 

Dottie passed away at Sioux Valley Hospice in Sioux Falls, SD on March 

12, 2006 at the age of 76 years. She was an active member of Faith 

Evangelical Lutheran Church in Avoca where she belonged to W.E.L.C.A. and 

Circle. Some of Dottie's favorite pastimes included cooking, canning 

pickles, collecting knickknacks, especially angels, and she loved 

animals. Dottie enjoyed staying current and involved in the lives both of 

her immediate and extended family.



Survivors include her husband, Leland Schmidt of Avoca; two sons, Michael 

Schmidt and his wife, Bonnie of Monticello, MN and Steven Schmidt of 

Avoca; two grandchildren; Nathan Schmidt and his wife, Jennifer Fiedor of 

Woodbury, MN, and Tyler Schmidt of Monticello, MN; and her brother, 

George Zanter of Slayton. She is preceded in death by her parents, two 

sisters, and three brothers, Elizabeth Aeilts, Paul Zanter, Albert 

Zanter, Herman Lundblad and Mary Ann Lundblad.



Funeral services were held at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Avoca, 

MN on Thursday, March 16, 2006 at 11:30 AM with the Rev. Arlen Foss 

officiating. The organist was Nancy Lee Pierson. The soloist was Jennifer 

Fiedor. The pallbearers were Dennis Opdahl, Roger Opdahl, Gordon Opdahl, 

Dale Schmidt Jr., Gary Schmidt and Duane Paplow. Interment in Faith 

Lutheran Cemetery in Avoca, MN.