CEDAR COUNTY, NEBRASKA - OBITUARY OF Gerard Kleinschmit

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Gerard Kleinschmit

MENOMINEE- Gerard Kleinschmit, 43, rural Crofton, died Dec. 30, 1999 
from injuries sustained in a truck accident near Odessa, Mo.

Visitation was Jan. 2, 2000, at Kostel Funeral Home, Yankton, S.D.
A prayer service was held later at St. Boniface Catholic Church, 
Menominee.

Mass of Christian Burial was held Jan. 4, at St. Boniface Catholic 
Church, Menominee.

Burial was held in the St. Boniface Cemetery, Menominee.

Pallbearers were Norm, Mike, Dennis, Donavon, Pat, and Chris Kleinschmit.  
Honorary pallbearers were Jerome and Albert Mueller, Steve Schmidt, 
Steve Kuehler, Harold Zimmerman, and Tom Carnes.

He was born March 13, 1956 in Yankton, S.D. to Donald and Mary Jean 
(Zimmerman) Kleinschmit.  He was raised on the family farm four and a 
half miles south of Yankton in Cedar County

He attended St. Boniface, Menominee School through the eighth grade, 
graduated from Yankton High school in 1974, and went to work for 
Fullerton Lumber. He worked for Jim Tramp Construction for a short 
time, where he picked up the nickname "Woody". He went back to work 
at Fullerton's and then to the Redi-Mix Plant for a number of years.  
From there he helped his dad in the hay and farming business, and in 
his final years he helped his brother Norm and worked with his 
brothers, Mike, Dennis, and Donavon.  

His passion for his work was only outdone by the passion for his wife, 
Joyce and their family.  His only son Jayson was with him since he was 
old enough to walk, may they walk together forever.  He was baptized, 
married, and a life long member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, 
Menominee.

He is survived by his wife, Joyce, Crofton; two daughters, Tanya, Wayne 
State College, Wayne; and Bethany at home in Crofton; maternal 
grandmother, Cresentia Zimmerman, St. Helena; six brothers and spouses: 
Norm and Cindy, Crofton; Mike and Carrie, Crofton; Dennis and Vicki, 
Crofton; Donavon and Wanda, Crofton; Patrick and Kristel, Sioux Falls, 
S.D.; Chris, Norfolk; two sisters and spouses, Jean and John Schwader, 
Wynot; and Donna and Troy Schroeder Preston, Iowa; one half brother, 
Donald Mace, Persia, Iowa; two half sisters, Donnell Hicks, McClelland, 
Iowa and Angela, South Sioux City.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, paternal and maternal 
grandfather

 

Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2000-CEDAR COUNTY NEWS