Bloomington (Monroe County, Indiana) Daily Herald Telephone, July 24, 1974, p. 2. NOTE: This item was accompanied by one photograph. Nova E. Vonderschmitt, 80, owner of several movie theaters throughout Indiana, of 501 Hawthorne St., died Tuesday morning at the Bloomington Convalescent Center. She was born in Williamsburg, Nov. 28, 1893, the daughter of Alfred Leroy and Dora (McGonnegill) Study. She and her husband, Harry P. Vonderschmitt, who died in February 1955, were the owners of many movie theaters beginning with the Liberty Theater in Washington that they purchased in 1917. They owned theaters in Greencastle, Crawfordsville, Bedford, Noblesville, Seymour and the Indiana and Von Lee Theaters in Bloomington. She had been president of the Monroe County Cancer Society and vice president of the Indiana Cancer Society. She had also served as district director for the Cancer Society and in 1970 was the recipient of the Bloomington Kiwanis Club award for outstanding community service. She was a member of the Bloomington Professional and Business Women's club and a charter member of Altrusa. She is survived by one daughter, Thelma Crouch of Bloomington; one sister, Maude Nellis of Bloomington; several nieces and nephews; and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter in 1972. Funeral services will be at 10 AM Friday at the Allen Colonial Chapel with Dr. M. B. McFall presiding. Burial will be at Oak Grove Cemetery in Washington. Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 PM today and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM Thursday. The Delta ThetaTau Sorority will hold memorial services at 7 PM at the funeral home. The family has suggested that friends who wish may make memorial contributions to the Monroe County Cancer Society.