rwbrauer@iland.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Denise Hoehns" <rwbrauer@iland.net> To: <MOBENTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 11:01 AM Subject: Nola M. Schutte > Please note: Many obits contain many errors. > > Sedalia Democrat, October 3, 2000 > > Nola M. Schutte > > 1922-2000 > > SMITHTON > > Nola Marie Schutte, 78, who lived south of Smithton in Pettis County, died > Monday, Oct. 2, 2000, at her home. > > She was born Feb. 25, 1922, in Pettis County, a daughter of R.D. and Mary > Clay Ona Payne Montgomery. On Dec. 27, 1942, in Omaha, Neb., she was married > to Ferdinand Schutte, who survives of the home. > > Mrs. Schutte was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, where she was > active in the Ladies Aide. She enjoyed the quilting days the aide had. She > was a 1939 graduate of Smithton Hight School and graduated from Central > Business College. She then moved to Parsons, Kan., where she worked in the > office of a munitions plant. > > After she was married, she moved to Fresno, Calif., where she lived for a > year. She returned to Smithton when her husband was sent to Europe. She > later lived in Sedalia and moved to the Montgomery farm south of Smithton in > 1951, where she took part in the farming. It was a common sight to see her > on a tractor with a big straw hat. > > She was room mother for her five children, and was involved in 4-H. She was > on the Smithton Fair Board in its early years. She enjoyed the Smithton > Garden Club and the Ringen Brushy Extension Club. She also enjoyed doing > things for others. > > Also surviving are two sons, George A. Schutte of Lehigh, Kan., and Warren > R. Schutte of Cole Camp; three daughters, Betty M. Brauer of Smithton, Nancy > K. Webb of Independence, and Barbara L. Schnakenberg of Cole Camp; three > sisters, Bertha Cook of Smithton, Treva Hoehns and Leona Faxon, both of > Sedalia; a brother, Ralph Montgomery of Sedalia; 12 grandchildren; and 14 > great-grandchildren. > > She was preceded in death by two brothers, Ivan Montgomery and Paul > Montgomery. > > Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Evangelical > Church, with the Rev. Kenneth Tatkenhorst and the Rev. Maynard Brandt > officiating. Pallbearers will be Tony Beckett, James Brauer, Paul Culp Jr., > Allen Konecne, Jacob Schnakenberg and Michael Schnakenberg. Honary > pallbearers will be George Franklin, Ira McMackin, G.W. Meyer, Claude Page > and Rudy Rehmer. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery. > > The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at > Heckart/Gillespie Funeral Home, where a prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. > > The family suggest memorial contributions to the St. Paul's Lutheran Church > Organ Fund or to the Bothwell Regional Health Center Hospice. > > rwbrauer@iland.net >