This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schmith--Heidtmann Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/QRB.2ACI/2045.1 Message Board Post: Arleta...I found the obit for Mathias J. Schmith in the Reno Evening Gazette Journal film dated July 23, 1971.....there is also a photo of him on the obit..."Mathais J. Schmith, 91, 565 Colonial Way, died Thursday at his home after a long illness. Born Oct 27, 1879 in Lander County (NV), he was a lifetime Nevada resident and worked as a rancher in Lander County and the Reno are. Surviving are daughter Agnes Heidtmann, son Louis W. Schmith, grandchildren Gary and Roy Schmith, all of Reno and four great-grandchildren. The funeral will be held Monday at 1:30 pm at the Walton Funeral Home with the Rev. W. E. Clawson Jr. officiating. Entombment will follow at the Mountain View Mausoleum." If you would like the copy, my e-mail is ariloosa@juno.com, to give me directions.