Marie Schmidt
July 11, 1897-July 14, 1963
Niles Daily Star, Monday, July 15, 1963, page 1, col. 4-5, microfilm Niles District Library
Niles Woman Killed in Missouri Crash
Mrs. Marie Schmidt, 66, 1611 Howard St., was one of three person killed Sunday in a two-car head-on collision on US-50, a mile east of Gerald, Mo., about 50 miles southwest of St. Louis.
Mrs. Schmidt was a passenger in an automobile being driven by Otto Wehmeyer, 68, of Gerald. He was also killed. Driver of the other car was Johnny Blankenship, 19, of Cuba, Mo., who was killed.
A passenger in the Blankenship auto, William Timlin, 23, of Sullivan, Mo., was injured seriously and was not expected to live.
It was reported the auto with the young men came around a curve, was unable to stay in its own lane of traffic and crossed into the oncoming lane, hitting the Wehmeyer car.
Mrs. Schmidt, who was born in Tea. Mo., July 11, 1897, not far from Gerald, was visiting cousins in the area, and was staying at Owensville.
Mrs. Schmidt is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Bennie Szweda, 724 Broadway, Niles; five brothers, Martin and Leonard Sieckman, both of Gary, Ind.; Ray, of Bitely,Mich.; Edwin, of Valparaiso, Ind.; and Chester, of Lemon Grove, Calif.; as well as three sisters, Mrs. Joseph W. Wilson, Los Angeles; Mrs. Tillie Blade, Palm Springs, Calif., and Mrs. Linda English, El Cajon, Calif., and six grandchildren.
Mrs. Schmidt came here in 1837 from Gary, Ind., with her husband, Charles. They bought a tavern at 701 N. 13th Sat. and operated it together. He died in 1942 and Mrs. Schmidt continued to operate the tavern until she sold it in November, 1961, to John Frucci.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, with the Rev. Theodore Laesch, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, July 16, 1963, page 2, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
Friends of Mrs. Marie Schmidt, 66, of 1511 Howard St., who died Sunday, are being received at the Pifer Funeral Home.
Mrs. Schmidt was killed in a two-car head-on collision a mile past Gerald, Mo.