Helen Schmidt

Services for former teacher Helen Schmidt, 93, who died Sunday at Hillsboro Community Hospital, will be 2 p.m. Thursday at Parkview Mennonite Brethren Church, Hillsboro. Visitation will be 6 to 8 tonight at Jost Funeral Home, Hillsboro.

Born March 7, 1924, to John and Anna (Siebert) Thiessen at Inman, she married Eldon Schmidt on June 3, 1947, at Inman.

Survivors include son Allen Schmidt of Wichita; daughters Laura Lautt of Hutchinson and Donna Terrell of Lehigh; sisters Martha Loewen of Newton, Menda Kliewer of Inman, and Ann Penner of Garden City; 10 grandchildren; and 11 great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Eldon, and a daughter, Beverly Schmidt.

Memorials have been established with Parkview Church and Navigators.