Obituary

Grace Mae Koehn Schmidt, 78, Halstead, died Friday, November 6, at Transylvania, Louisiana. She was born February 20,1920 at Halstead, the daughter of Ben and Lydia Johnson Koehn. Returning to Halstead in 1995, moving from Rich Hill, Missouri, she was a homemaker. She was a member of Grace Mennonite Church of God in Christ, Halstead.

On April 2, 1939, she married Melvin Schmidt at Halstead. He survives. Other survivors: three sons, Lynn, Richards, Missouri; Everett, ElDoroado Springs, Missouri and Lowell, Nevada, Missouri; five daughters, Patricia, Uniontown, Alabama; Hope, Sedgwick; Nedra, Lehigh, Kansas; Glenda Dirks, Nevada, Missouri and Melgra, Transylvania, Louisiana; two brothers, Wayne Koehn, Rich Hill, Missouri and Charles Koehn, Adrian, Missouri; two sisters, Evelyn Becker, Rich Hill, Missouri and LaDeen Holdeman, Newton; 16 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by four brothers, Maurice Koehn, Floyd Koehn, Callie Koehn and Carlyle Koehn and three grandchildren.

Funeral was November 10 at Grace Mennonite Church, Halstead, with Ministers Kenneth Smith and Dean Becker presiding. Burial was in Halstead Cemetery.