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- September 10, 2007
Schmidt, Lorraine (Abel) Lorraine Anna Louise (Abel) Springstroh Schmidt passed away peacefully Saturday, evening, Sept. 8, 2007, at Parkside Care Center in Little Chute, at the age of 87. Lorraine was born April 20, 1920, in Navarino, Shawano County, Wis., the daughter of the late Herman and Anna (Tagge) Abel. As a child Lorraine had special memories of family times at Christmas, making maple syrup, sledding down barn hills, and walking three miles to a one-roomed school. As a young woman she loved to dance and attended dances in Mackville, Wis., where she met Harvey W. Springstroh, whom she married on May 15, 1937, in the parsonage of St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, Freedom. Lorraine worked various jobs, and for many years at the Zwicker Knitting Mills in Appleton. After 42 years of marriage, Harvey preceded her in death on Nov. 14, 1979. She later married Otto W. Schmidt on Oct. 1, 1981, and enjoyed almost 25 years of marriage and retirement together, growing pumpkins and a large garden on their farmette in Freedom. Lorraine enjoyed traveling, playing cards, crafts, sewing, and made many beautiful needlepoint pictures for her children. Otto preceded her in death on May 6, 2006.
Lorraine is survived by four children, Harvey, Jr. (Donna) Springstroh, Marvin (Patricia) Springstroh, Gerald (Donna) Springstroh, and Shirl (Don) Fischer. Her grandchildren are Cindy (Vern) Van Schyndel, Mike (Mary) Springstroh, Don (Pam) Springstroh, Steve (Melissa) Springstroh, Tom (Traci) Springstroh; Glen (Lori) Springstroh, Greg (Sue) Springstroh, Gene Springstroh, Jim Springstroh; Perry (Audrey) Springstroh, Penny (Brian) Knaack; Lindsey (Jim) Biese, and Kristen Fischer and fiance David Prahl. Lorraine has 21 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild.
She was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Carine (Gerald) Springstroh and a step-son-in-law, Fred (Kathy) Keuschel. Her stepchildren include Randy (Linda) Schmidt, Greg (Diane) Schmidt, Jeff (Sue) Schmidt, Kathy Keuschel and Carol Schmidt.
She is further survived by sisters-in-law, Sally (Ernie) Ossmann, Joyce (Everett) Abel, and Ann (Virgil) Abel, and many nieces and nephews.
She is preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters, and their spouses, Carlton (Marcella; Mary) Abel, Alvin (Vernice) Abel, Eleanor (Ervin) Mueller, Arlene (John) Pionek, Arvin Abel, Everett Abel; Virgil Abel, Gerald (Mary) Abel.
Services for Lorraine will be held at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in Freedom, Wis., on Sept. 11, 2007, at 1 p.m. Friends and family are welcome from 10 a.m. until the time of service. Burial will be in Community Lutheran Cemetery, Freedom. In lieu of other forms of sympathy, a memorial fund has been established.
The family wishes to give a special thank you to the staff at Parkside Care Center for the care they have given to Lorraine during her time there. Also, thank you to Heartland Hospice for all of their care given to Lorraine.
"Afterglow"
"I'd like the memory of me
to be a happy one.
I'd like to leave
an afterglow of smiles
when day is done.
I'd like to leave
an echo whispering softly
down the ways,
Of happy times,
and laughing times,
and bright and sunny days.
I'd like the tears
of those who grieve
to dry before the sun,
Of happy memories I leave
behind when day is done."
-author unknown
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1920 - 2007 (87 years)