Mrs. Waldschmidt was born Sylvia J. Leiker on Dec. 26, 1941, in Salina to Leo and Matilda. She was a homemaker. She also worked for Wal-Mart for 17 years.
She married Bernard L. on Oct. 27, 1962, at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Mary's Guild and the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.
She was preceded in death by eight brothers, Jerome, Bart and Marcus Schmidt, and Jerry,Clarence, Elmer, C.F. and Isadore Leiker; and a sister, Mary Burton.
Survivors include her husband, Bernard L., of Salina; three daughters, Julie Kippes and husband Rick of Lindsborg, Patti Slansky and husband Tim of Chanute and Susan Gaughan and husband Bill of Kansas City, Mo.; a brother, Victor of Beloit; a sister, Melvina Gack of Salina; and three grandchildren, Emily and Joshua Slansky, and Taylor Gaughan.
A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Salina. The Rev. Jarett Konrade officiating. Burial will be in Mountt.Calvary Cemetery, Salina.
Ryan Mortuary obituary.
Mrs. Waldschmidt was born Sylvia J. Leiker on Dec. 26, 1941, in Salina to Leo and Matilda. She was a homemaker. She also worked for Wal-Mart for 17 years.
She married Bernard L. on Oct. 27, 1962, at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina.
She was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church, St. Mary's Guild and the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia.
She was preceded in death by eight brothers, Jerome, Bart and Marcus Schmidt, and Jerry,Clarence, Elmer, C.F. and Isadore Leiker; and a sister, Mary Burton.
Survivors include her husband, Bernard L., of Salina; three daughters, Julie Kippes and husband Rick of Lindsborg, Patti Slansky and husband Tim of Chanute and Susan Gaughan and husband Bill of Kansas City, Mo.; a brother, Victor of Beloit; a sister, Melvina Gack of Salina; and three grandchildren, Emily and Joshua Slansky, and Taylor Gaughan.
A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Salina. The Rev. Jarett Konrade officiating. Burial will be in Mountt.Calvary Cemetery, Salina.
Ryan Mortuary obituary.
Family Members
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Isidore Joseph "Ike or Issy" Leiker
1917–1978
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Seraphin August "Jerry" Leiker
1919–1992
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Bartholomew Walter "Bart" Schmidt
1921–2002
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Celestine Fidelis "Sully" Leiker
1922–1978
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Marcus John Schmidt
1923–1977
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Clarence Joseph Leiker
1923–2002
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Elmer Adolph Leiker
1926–2001
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Mary Helen Schmidt Burton
1929–1953
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Melvina M Schmidt Gack
1931–2010
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Jerome O. Schmidt
1933–1998
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Victor Leo Leiker
1935–2009
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