ORVILLE SCHMIDT
1940 – 2018
Obituary
Orville A. Schmidt, 77, died Monday
(April 9, 2018) at Via Christi Regional Medical Center-St. Francis
Campus in Wichita following an automobile accident.
He was born on Nov. 5, 1940, in
Goessel, the son of Arnold T. and Marie Flaming. Orville attended
Greenville School in West Branch Township and graduated from Goessel
High School.
He married Nancy Ann Franz on June 2,
1962, at Grace Hill Mennonite Church in rural Newton. They lived in
the Elbing area for many years until moving to Newton within the past
year.
Orville had been a welder at AGCO,
biomedical engineer, maintenance worker and electrical repairman.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy of
Newton; son, Russell Schmidt of Wichita; daughters, Jennine Busenitz
and husband Sam of Elbing and Missy Richardson and husband Chris of
Newton; 13 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Orville is preceded in death by his
parents; brothers, Virgil Paul Schmidt and Arlo David Schmidt; and
sisters, Wilma Schmidt and Luella Schmidt.
Graveside services and interment will
be held at 9:30 a.m. Monday (April 16, 2018) at the Grace Hill Church
Cemetery, rural Whitewater, followed by memorial services at 11 a.m.
at the Newton Bible Church in Newton. The family will receive friends
between 3 and 5 p.m. on Sunday (April 15, 2018) at Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
A memorial has been established with
the Gideons, Berean Academy and the Child Evangelism Fellowship of
Kansas, Camp Good News in Hutchinson. Contributions may be sent to
Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS 67114.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
