This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Schmidt, Bornemann, west, Ecklunk Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/3055 Message Board Post: Marie Dora Schmidt was born at Geddings, Texas, January 15, 1879 to Henry and Sinna Bornemann. She passed away at 9:30 a.m. September 14, 1961 at the Community Hospital after an extended illness. She became a member of the Lutheran Church at an early age. She was married to Paul A. Schmidt in 1910 and to this union were born a son Fred and a daughter Amelia. They resided 2 miles west of Crawford until 1920 then moved to Weatherford, Oklahoma, until 1938. They retired and made their home in Cheyenne. Mr. Schmidt preceded her in death in 1949. For the past five years, Mrs. Schmidt has lived in the Creswell Rest Home in Elk City, Oklahoma. She leaves to mourn her passing a son Fred Schmidt of Durham, Oklahoma, and a daughter, Amelia West, of Amarillo, Texas, a grandson Ronald Schmidt of Durham, Oklahom a, two granddaughters, Regina and Aleta Schmidt of Durham, Oklahoma, one sister Emelia Ecklunk of Bryan, Texas, and one brother, William Bornemann of Austin, Texas, and a host of other relatives and friends. Interment in Silent Home cemetery, Roll, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok