The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., October 20, 1988, page 14

EAVA I. SCHMID

     Eava I. Schmid, a longtime Trout Lake resident, died Sunday October 16 at Skyline Hospital in White Salmon.She was 86.
     She was born October 20, 1901 in Greenleaf, MI. to Wesley & Eliza Jane (Kaiser) Rowley. Eava came to the local area in 1922, and in 1924 married Adolph Schmid. He died in 1964. Mrs. Schmid was a member of the Mt. Adams Emblem Club 321, the Trout Lake Grange, Trout Lake Presbyterian Church, and the White Salmon Federation of Women's Clubs. One of her great passions in life was quilting, which she started in 1929. Throughout her life she made more than 140 quilts, many of which ended up in the possession of family members, friends, and individuals who won them through raffles. In 1968 she made her first quilt pattern, known as the Rosebud Quilt, as a Christmas gift to her grandson. After that, Mrs. Schmid made it a point to make a quilt for every family member when they were born, graduated from high school, and again when they were married.
     Mrs. Schmid is survived by a son, Delbert Schmid of Trout Lake, a daughter Janice Creighton of White Salmon; sisters, Grace Nothiger and Gladys Smith, both of Sweet Home, OR., 15 grand-children, 24 great grandchildren, and 1 great great grandchild. She was preceded in death by one son, Leonard Schmid, in 1982.
     Services for Mrs. Schmid will be held Thursday October 20, 11am at the Trout Lake Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Jack Randall officiating. Interment will follow in the Trout Lake Cemetery.
     Memorial contributions in Mrs. Schmid's name may be given to Skyline Foundation, to the Memorial Fund care of the Trout Lake Presbyterian Church.

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