In Memory Of
Kathleen Schmitz
1945
2012
Kathleen Schmitz
July 8, 1945 — November 9, 2012
Kathleen L. Schmitz, 67, of Rozet, WY died November 9, 2012 at the Wyoming Medical Center in Casper, WY of cancer.
She was born July 8, 1945 in Columbia Heights, MN to Nicholas and Malinda (Boevers) Schmitz. Kathleen graduated from St. Anthony of Padua High School in 1963. She attended the University of Minnesota.
Kathleen retired after twenty-eight years with the City of Fridley, MN, as liquor store manager.
In 1994 she moved with her partner to Rozet, WY., spending the next 18 years as a personal caregiver and helping manage the ranch.
Kathleen loved softball and she played for many Minnesota teams, including the Avanti's. She loved traveling, especially to the Grand Tetons, and winters in AZ; playing cribbage and bingo with family and friends; watching the wildlife and the Little League World Series. She was an avid fisherperson and hunter.
Kathleen had always wanted a horse. She ended up with eight, and one four-month-old foal in the house. She had baby ducks in her kitchen sink, a squealing baby pig on her lap, and having to feed ninety-two bum lambs, plus plenty of kittens and puppies.
Kathleen kept a bouquet of flowers made up of family and friends, each as important as the other, in her walk through life.
She is survived by her best friends and partners Cindy Stewart, Blue and Sage, and her loving nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, in-laws.and many friends.
She was proceeded in death by her father and mother, her sister Ramona Lundholm, her sister Juanita and husband Earl Rogers, her brother Nicholas, nephew John Rogers, and great nieces Mandy Lundholm and Emma Brighton.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 4030 Jackson Street Northeast Columbia Heights, Minnesota on Saturday, November 17, 2014. Her ashes will be brought back to Wyoming for private burial.
In lieu of flowers, the suggested memorial is to Heifer International PO Box 6021 Albert Lea, MN 56007-6621 or www.heifer.org
To leave a message of condolence for the family please visit the guestbook below.
She was born July 8, 1945 in Columbia Heights, MN to Nicholas and Malinda (Boevers) Schmitz. Kathleen graduated from St. Anthony of Padua High School in 1963. She attended the University of Minnesota.
Kathleen retired after twenty-eight years with the City of Fridley, MN, as liquor store manager.
In 1994 she moved with her partner to Rozet, WY., spending the next 18 years as a personal caregiver and helping manage the ranch.
Kathleen loved softball and she played for many Minnesota teams, including the Avanti's. She loved traveling, especially to the Grand Tetons, and winters in AZ; playing cribbage and bingo with family and friends; watching the wildlife and the Little League World Series. She was an avid fisherperson and hunter.
Kathleen had always wanted a horse. She ended up with eight, and one four-month-old foal in the house. She had baby ducks in her kitchen sink, a squealing baby pig on her lap, and having to feed ninety-two bum lambs, plus plenty of kittens and puppies.
Kathleen kept a bouquet of flowers made up of family and friends, each as important as the other, in her walk through life.
She is survived by her best friends and partners Cindy Stewart, Blue and Sage, and her loving nieces, nephews, great nieces and nephews, in-laws.and many friends.
She was proceeded in death by her father and mother, her sister Ramona Lundholm, her sister Juanita and husband Earl Rogers, her brother Nicholas, nephew John Rogers, and great nieces Mandy Lundholm and Emma Brighton.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church 4030 Jackson Street Northeast Columbia Heights, Minnesota on Saturday, November 17, 2014. Her ashes will be brought back to Wyoming for private burial.
In lieu of flowers, the suggested memorial is to Heifer International PO Box 6021 Albert Lea, MN 56007-6621 or www.heifer.org
To leave a message of condolence for the family please visit the guestbook below.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Kathleen Schmitz, please visit our flower store.
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