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Alexius Joseph “Lex” Schmidt

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Alexius Joseph “Lex” Schmidt

Birth
Catharine, Ellis County, Kansas, USA
Death
8 Jan 2003 (aged 88)
Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, USA
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Hays, Ellis County, Kansas, USA
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Hays -- Alexius J. "Lex" Schmidt, 88, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003, at St. John's Nursing Home of Hays. He was born May 9, 1914, in Catherine to Paul J. and Catherine (Walter) Schmidt. He graduated from St. Joseph College and Military Academy in Hays in 1935.

He married Catherine H. "Katie" Walter on July 20, 1937, in Hays.

He was a parts man and mechanic for O'Loughlin Motors, Lundgren Chevrolet and James Motor Co. prior to his retirement.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; four sons, Wayne, Fort Worth, Texas, Gerald, Lenexa, Richard, Laramie, Wyo., and Robert, Topeka; three daughters, Elaine Leikam, Centennial, Colo., Anita Heble, West Columbia, Texas, and Rita Billinger, Goodland; four brothers, Cyril, Jerome, and Marion Schmidt, all of Hays, and Donald Schmidt, Wichita; four sisters, Loretta Joy, Temple, Texas, Cecilia Quint and Mary Schmidt, both of Wichita, and Helen Edmunds, Grosse, Mich.; 23 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Myra Arpin Schmidt, three brothers: Alphonse, Edwin, and Vincent Schmidt, and a sister, Lidwina Schreiner.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine. There will be a parish vigil service at 7 p.m. followed by a family rosary, both Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to the Lex and Katie Schmidt Endowment For Faculty and Staff Development fund at Thomas More Prep-Marian High School in Hays.

Hays Daily News, 1/9/2003
Hays -- Alexius J. "Lex" Schmidt, 88, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003, at St. John's Nursing Home of Hays. He was born May 9, 1914, in Catherine to Paul J. and Catherine (Walter) Schmidt. He graduated from St. Joseph College and Military Academy in Hays in 1935.

He married Catherine H. "Katie" Walter on July 20, 1937, in Hays.

He was a parts man and mechanic for O'Loughlin Motors, Lundgren Chevrolet and James Motor Co. prior to his retirement.

Survivors include his wife, of the home; four sons, Wayne, Fort Worth, Texas, Gerald, Lenexa, Richard, Laramie, Wyo., and Robert, Topeka; three daughters, Elaine Leikam, Centennial, Colo., Anita Heble, West Columbia, Texas, and Rita Billinger, Goodland; four brothers, Cyril, Jerome, and Marion Schmidt, all of Hays, and Donald Schmidt, Wichita; four sisters, Loretta Joy, Temple, Texas, Cecilia Quint and Mary Schmidt, both of Wichita, and Helen Edmunds, Grosse, Mich.; 23 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter-in-law, Myra Arpin Schmidt, three brothers: Alphonse, Edwin, and Vincent Schmidt, and a sister, Lidwina Schreiner.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Hays; burial in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hays. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 8:30 to 9:45 a.m. Saturday at Brock's North Hill Chapel, 2509 Vine. There will be a parish vigil service at 7 p.m. followed by a family rosary, both Friday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to the Lex and Katie Schmidt Endowment For Faculty and Staff Development fund at Thomas More Prep-Marian High School in Hays.

Hays Daily News, 1/9/2003

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