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Mildred Schmidt

Mildred (Beeck) Schmidt 89, Le Mars, Iowa, died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2001, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars.

Services were Thursday, Sept. 20, at Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home. The Rev. Tim Olsen officiated. Burial was at Maplewood Cemetery in Luverne.

Mildred Helen Gertrude Eggebrecht was born to Herman and Minnie (Ladwig) Eggebrecht on Aug. 30, 1912, on a farm near Craig, Iowa. She attended school in Craig.

She married William Beeck on July 10, 1941, in South Sioux City, Neb. They lived in various places throughout Iowa and Minnesota before settling in Reading. Mr. Beeck passed away on Nov. 21, 1965.

She married Harold Schmidt in October 1987 at the Presbyterian United Church of Christ in Le Mars. They moved to Glennie, Mich., and lived there until Mr. Schmidt passed away in March 1994. She returned to Le Mars.

Survivors include her niece/daughter, Joyce Lunstra and her husband Roger, Sioux Falls, S.D., and their sons, Bruce Lunstra, Columbus, Ohio, and Dave Lunstra, Brandon, S.D.; her daughter, LuAnn Funk and her husband Jim, Sibley, Iowa, their son, Scott Funk and his boys Wyatt and William, Worthington, their daughter, Bobbi Funk, Celle, Germany, and her special friend, Jason Carlson, Bloomington, Ind.; LuAnn's son, Greg Funk and his special friend, Molly Erfman, and their daughter, Makalia, Sibley, Iowa; and many nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Schmidt was preceded in death by her parents, three sisters and three brothers.

Mauer-Johnson Funeral Home, Le Mars, was in charge of arrangements

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