Ethel R. (Rice) Schmidt
Dec. 27, 1886-June 15, 1963
Niles Daily Star, Saturday, June 15, 1963, page 2, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library
Mrs. Ethel R. Schmidt, 76, of 618 N. 4th St., died at 6 a.m. today in Pawating Hospital following an illness of six weeks. She was admitted to the hospital June 7.
Mrs. Schmidt, a lifelong resident of Niles, was born here on Dec. 27, 1886. Her husband, Karl B. Schmidt, died on July 23, 1952.
She is survived by her father, William C. Rice, Niles; a son, Martin I. Schmidt, rural Berrien Center; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. J. Walter Wood, and one brother, Roy H. Rice, both of Niles.
Mrs. Schmidt was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. John P. MacLachlan, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Silverbrook Mausoleum.
The family has requested that flowers be omitted.
Friends may call after 3 p.m. Sunday at the Kiger Funeral Home.