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