Edith E (Eckhardt) Schmidt (1900 - 1958)

Born 21 Aug 1900 in Frank, Saratov, Russia

Ancestors

Wife of Friedrich J Schmidt — married 14 Dec 1919 in Greeley, Weld County, Colorado, United States

Descendants

Died 30 Jul 1958 at age 57 in St. Luke's Hospital, Denver, Denver County, Colorado, United States

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Biography

Edith (Eckhardt) Schmidt was a Volga German.

Edith (Eckhardt) Schmidt has German Roots.

Edith E Eckhardt was born on 21 Aug 1900 in Frank, Volga, Russia, to Jacob E. Eckhardt and Anna Marie Weideman.

She married Fred J. Schmidt in 1919 in Greeley, Colorado.^[1]

Edith Schmidt died following heart surgery at St. Luke's Hospital in Denver, Colorado. She is buried at Linn Grove Cemetery in Greeley, Colorado.

• Find A Grave Memorial ID#:65234188
  • Burial: Linn Grove Cemetery, Greeley, Weld, Colorado; Plot: Blk 22, lot 54, spc 5

Greeley Tribune, pg 13 Thursday, July 31, 1958^[2]

Mrs. Edith Schmidt, 57, of 825 12th St., died Wednesday afternoon at St. Luke's Hospital, Denver, following heart surgery. She had been at the hospital this last time since Monday and had been in ill health for the past year.

Born Aug. 21, 1900 in Frank, Russia, she came to the United States with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob E Eckhardt, when a young girl. They had resided here since 1908.

She and Fred J Schmidt were married here Dec. 24, 1919. They lived in Nebraska from 1923 to 1926 and in Wisconsin for the next 10 years. The Schmidts returned to Greeley in 1936.

Survivors are her husband, three sons; 6 grandchildren; her father; and 5 sisters and a brother. Mrs. Schmidt's mother died in June.

Colorado Marriage index... Name F J Schmidt; Event Type Marriage; Event Date 14 Dec 1919; Event Place Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States; Age 19; Birth Year (Estimated) 1900; Spouse's Name Edith E Eckhardt; Spouse's Age 19; Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1900

Research Notes

Note by: Koreen Goodman

• Edith is not listed in her father's obit as she died one year prior to his death. Her parents and grandparents:
  • "United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9JH-KK9C?cc=2367299&wc=H22S-4WL%3A1547757201 : 15 January 2019), 100415094 > image 6458 of 10613; American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Lincoln, Nebraska.
    • His FAG: Find A Grave: Memorial #65219740

Sources

1. ↑ "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KNQL-QCL : 10 December 2017), F J Schmidt and Edith E Eckhardt, 14 Dec 1919, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, United States; citing no. 7132, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,131.
2. ↑ Newspapers.com; Greeley Daily Tribune, Greeley, Weld, Colorado, USA; 31 Jul 1958, Thursday, Page 13; https://www.newspapers.com/image/25059136/?terms=edith%2Bschmidt; "Mrs. Fred Schmidt Dies in Denver Wednesday", accessed by Koreen Goodman 16 May 2019.