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- MONROE - Mrs. Herman Schmerse, 78, died Sunday at St. Clare Hospital. She had been hospitalized since December 7 and death was due to a heart condition following surgery.
Mrs. Schmerse, daughter of Nicholas and Anna Babler Schmid, was born April 10, 1881, in New Glarus. She attended Iliff schools in Monroe Township. The former Palma Schmid and Herman Schmid were married December 24, 1902, in Monroe. They farmed in Monroe township until December 1,1943, when they moved to Monroe and retired.
Survivors include her husband; two sons, Lee G., Findlay, Ohio, and Harris, Rockford, Illinois; two daughters, Mrs. Freida Forster, Monroe, and Mrs. Harold (Frances) Bear, Monroe; a brother, Fred W. Schmid, Darien; a sister, Mrs. Donald Thorp, Monroe; nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Services were held Tuesday in the Shriner-Neushwander funeral home with Reverend Karl Koch officiating.
Published in the New Glarus Post, December 16, 1959
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