She is married to Peter Wilm Smidt.
They got married on September 2, 1947 at Good Hope Meth. Chr., Union Twp., Kossuth Co., IA, she was 18 years old.
Peter Wilm "Pete" Smidt oo Patricia Ann "Pat" Mittag
Marriage sources: Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, vol 106 # 24, 4 Sep 1997, pg. 10 col 4 & 5
"Pete and Pat Smidt celebrated 50th their wedding anniversary Tuesday, September 2. The couple were married September 2, 1947 at Good Hope Methodist Chruch in Lone Rock."
The Algona [IA] Upper Des Moines, vol 140 # 39, 23 Sept 2004, pg A8 col 3
"Florence Ida Dodds ... was baptized ... 1921 ... in the Good Hope Methodist Church near Lone Rock ... She was united in marriage ... in the Good Hope Methodist church near Lone Rock ..."
Author: Mabus, Joan; et al.; Title: «u»Germania-Lakota IA 1892-1992 Centennial«/u», (Publication site: Lk. Mills, IA, Publisher: Germania-Lakota Centennial Comm., Publication date: MCMXCII). pg. 348, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.
Author: Henriksen, Letty; Title: e-mail regarding Good Hope Meth. Chr., (Publication site: Kossuth Co., IA, Publisher: Letty, Publication date: xxiv Jan MMXIV)
"It is located in Union township."
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Child(ren):
Patricia Ann "Pat" Mittag
Sources: Author: Mabus, Joan; et al.; Title: «u»Germania-Lakota IA 1892-1992 Centennial«/u», (Publication site: Lk. Mills, IA, Publisher: Germania-Lakota Centennial Comm., Pubication date: MCMXCII). pgs. 348, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.
Author: Smidt, Peter W.; Title: Talk to David A. Navorska, (Pubication site: Bella Vista AR, Publisher: PMS, Publication date: xxvi Feb MMV)
"Pat was born ten nineteen ..."
Pat's parents: Emit & Eva (Allbreight] Mittag
The Buffalo Center (Iowa) Tribune, vol. 117 # 31, 9 Oct 2008, pg. 3. col. 5
"Card Shower for Pat Smidt's 80th
The family of Pat Smidt of Fayetteville, Arkansas is hosting a card shower for her 80th birthday on Saturday, October 18. Birthday wishes will reach her at: 4230 N.W. Meadow Creek Circle # 108 Fayetteville, AR 72703."
Author: Smidt, Jack; Title: Tel. talk with Betty Navorska, (Publication site: Buffalo Ctr., IA, Publisher: JS, Publication date: xii Aug MMXIX)
Betty said Jack told Betty his mom, Pat, died yesterday, 11 Aug 2019.
Pat's memorial service was held at Sequoya U. Meth. Chr. in Fayetteville, AR. on 18 Aug 2019. Betty & David Navorska were in attendance. We learnt Pat died in her sleep at her home.
Author: NN (anonymous), Title: "Patricia Ann Smidt obituary," (Publication site: Fayetteville, AR, Publisher unknown, Publication date: circa Aug MMXIX)
"Patricia Ann Smidt passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, August 11, 2019 of Alzheimer's disease. She was born on October 18, 1928 in Lakota, Iowa and was preceded in death by her father Emil Mittag, her mother Eva and eight siblings.
Her widowed mother single-handedly raised 10 children and maintained the family farm. Pat came from a family of strong women whose grit she inherited.
Pat attended Lakota High School where she participated in music, drama, and journalism, graduating in 1946. She was a cheerleader for the championship women's basketball team.
She married Peter Smidt in 1947. Together they raised 7 children on a farm near Lakota, Iowa. Pat's gardening, canning and preserving fed their growing family. She was a skilled seamstress who made beautiful dresses for her daughters and herself and suits and ties for the men in her family. Her labors of love instilled in her children the value of hard work and independence.
Pat was a woman of strong faith and a serious student of the Bible. She lived her faith by serving others. One of the joys of her life was working as a cook for the Lake Okoboji Bible Conference.
She loved reading, writing, sewing, playing games, traveling, and spending time with her children and grandchildren.
In 1983 Pete and Pat left the farm and moved to Fairmont, Minnesota. They retired to Bella Vista, Arkansas in 1997 and moved to Fayetteville in 2006. These were some of the best years of their lives filled with family, new friends and adventures.
Her family was the joy of her life.
She is survived by her sister Sharon (Wil) McGregor of San Diego, CA, her children Jack (Carol Jo) of Buffalo Center, IA, David (Helen) of Spirit Lake, IA, Mark of Fayetteville, AR, Mary Hillburg (Daryl) of Algona, IA, Lois of Boone, IA, Philip (Jennifer) of Lynnwood, WA, Jared (Laura) of Gig Harbor, WA, 15 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
A private memorial service was held at Sequoyah United Methodist Church on August 18. A public celebration of Pat's life will take place on October 25, 2019, 7pm at Community Chapel, 618 Co Rd P60, Lakota, Iowa. Her ashes will be interred with her husband at the National Cemetery in Fayetteville, Arkansas. We mourn the loss of her earthly body and rejoice in the reunion of her spirit and new body with the love of her life in heaven.
Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association."
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/202551772/patricia-ann-smidt
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