The Enterprise, White Salmon, WA., August 13, 1920, page 1

MRS. FRED SCHMIDT PASSES AWAY

     Mrs. Fred Schmidt, of Trout Lake died at the St. Vincent hospital in Portland Wednesday night, August 11th. She had been in the hospital eight weeks, suffering from a goitre and complications which caused her death. Deceased was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Jennings, of this city.
     Grace Jennings was born in Lafayette, Ohio, on March 26, 1902, and came west when a baby with her parents, and had lived in White Salmon and Trout Lake for the past 19 years. In February 1918, she was married to Fred Schmidt, a rancher of Trout Lake. Deceased leaves a husband and an eight-months' old baby girl, to mourn her loss, besides her parents and brother, George, and a host of friends.
     The funeral was held at the Jennings' home in this city this morning at 11 o'clock, with burial in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in North White Salmon. The funeral was largely attended by local people and a large number friends and former neighbors came down from Trout Lake Valley to pay their parting respects to their departed friend.
     The family have the sympathy of the whole community in their bereavement.

CARD OF THANKS

     We wish sincerely to thank all the many friends for their kind assistance and sympathy and beautiful floral offerings during the illness and at the death of our wife, mother, and daughter.

FRED SCHMIDT and family
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Jennings and family.

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