Raymond E. Schmidt
November 7, 1927 — July 25, 2010
Raymond E. Schmidt
FOREST CITY – Raymond E. Schmidt, 82, of Forest City died Sunday (July 25, 2010) at Mercy Medical Center – North Iowa in Mason City.
Memorial services will be held 2 P.M., Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City with Rev. Rod Hopp and Vicar Corey Smith officiating. Inurnment will be in Oakland Cemetery in Forest City.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M., Thursday at the Petersen Lund Funeral Home in Forest City and one hour prior to services at the church.
Raymond Edgar Schmidt, the son of Otto and Bertha (Jass) Schmidt, was born November 7, 1927 on a farm southeast of Miller. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church east of Garner. Ray attended St. John's Parochial School and graduated from Ventura High School in 1945. In 1946, he moved to Forest City to manage the Soda Bar with his brother, Earl and later joined his brother, Ted, as a partner at Forest City Millworks. On October 22, 1949 he married Virginia Moen at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They lived in Forest City all of their married life where they raised their three boys, Dan, Timothy and James. In 1974, Ray started his own business as Ray's Cabinet Shop. Upon retirement he worked for the Park and Recreation Department for the city of Forest City. Ray was an avid craftsman with wood. A special project to him done with Mike Lewellen was duplicating the woodwork at the Petersen Lund Funeral Home at the time of their remodeling. There is evidence of his craftsmanship in many places. His greatest joy was his family. He loved them dearly.
Ray was a longtime faithful member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia, of Forest City; three sons, Dan (Barbara) Schmidt of Gainesville, FL, James (Karen) Schmidt of West Des Moines and Timothy Schmidt of Jacksonville, FL; four grandchildren, Dustin, Holli, Daniel and Lauren Schmidt; a brother, Richard Schmidt of Joice; a sister-in-law, Myrna Schmidt of Garner; and many nieces and nephews.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents; six sisters; and five brothers.
Memorial services will be held 2 P.M., Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City with Rev. Rod Hopp and Vicar Corey Smith officiating. Inurnment will be in Oakland Cemetery in Forest City.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 P.M., Thursday at the Petersen Lund Funeral Home in Forest City and one hour prior to services at the church.
Raymond Edgar Schmidt, the son of Otto and Bertha (Jass) Schmidt, was born November 7, 1927 on a farm southeast of Miller. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church east of Garner. Ray attended St. John's Parochial School and graduated from Ventura High School in 1945. In 1946, he moved to Forest City to manage the Soda Bar with his brother, Earl and later joined his brother, Ted, as a partner at Forest City Millworks. On October 22, 1949 he married Virginia Moen at the Little Brown Church in Nashua. They lived in Forest City all of their married life where they raised their three boys, Dan, Timothy and James. In 1974, Ray started his own business as Ray's Cabinet Shop. Upon retirement he worked for the Park and Recreation Department for the city of Forest City. Ray was an avid craftsman with wood. A special project to him done with Mike Lewellen was duplicating the woodwork at the Petersen Lund Funeral Home at the time of their remodeling. There is evidence of his craftsmanship in many places. His greatest joy was his family. He loved them dearly.
Ray was a longtime faithful member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Forest City.
He is survived by his wife, Virginia, of Forest City; three sons, Dan (Barbara) Schmidt of Gainesville, FL, James (Karen) Schmidt of West Des Moines and Timothy Schmidt of Jacksonville, FL; four grandchildren, Dustin, Holli, Daniel and Lauren Schmidt; a brother, Richard Schmidt of Joice; a sister-in-law, Myrna Schmidt of Garner; and many nieces and nephews.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents; six sisters; and five brothers.
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