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Bethel Lutheran Church-
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201 3rd Street East
Herman, MN 56248
Amanda Schmidt
July 23, 1918 — August 30, 2016
Amanda Schmidt
Amanda Martha Clara (Olhoft) Schmidt, age 98, of Herman, MN passed away August 30, 2016 at Sanford Wheaton Hospital.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church in Herman with Pastor David Hanssen officiating. Organist will be Olivia Richards with special music by Sonny Bartells, John Olhoft and David Ehlers.
Interment will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Wheaton. Pallbearers will be Amanda's grandchildren. Honorary Pallbearers will be her Godchildren: Louise Pearson, Robert Pochardt, John Frounfelter, Gloria Henck, David Anderson, Douglas Dalager, Audry Spillman, John Seal and Nick Seal.
Visitation will be held Friday evening at Bethel Lutheran Church from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. Time of Sharing Service. Visitation will continue at the church Saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. until service time.
Amanda was born July 23, 1918 on the farm near Lynd, MN to Berthold and Louise (Riemann) Pochardt as the fourth of 13 children. She grew up on a farm in Eldorado Township south of Herman, MN. She married John K. Olhoft October 20, 1939 and moved to their family farm west of Norcross, MN. John died in 1965 and Amanda married Helmer Schmidt of Norcross on June 10, 1967. They farmed east of Norcross until Helmer's death in 2008 when she moved to the Pullman House apartment in Herman. After a fall in 2013 with fractured vertebra she lived at the Traverse Care Center.
Amanda walked to Eldorado Township country school District 61 for eight years. Then she attended the West Central School of Agriculture boarding school in Morris for three years and graduated in 1938.
After housekeeping at a resort near Villard and waitressing in Herman, Amanda farmed and raised four children. She was active in Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Norcross and in recent years at Bethel Lutheran Church in Herman.
Her interests included gardening, quilting and crocheting. She was a busy homemaker with canning, baking, feeding field workers, cleaning milking equipment and raising poultry using cluck hens as incubators. She was active in women's circle, teaching Sunday School and other church activities. She enjoyed dancing and was proud of playing basketball in high school.
Amanda is survived by four children: Kay Olhoft of Monticello, MN, Gary (Judy) Olhoft of Cary, NC, Dean (Marilyn) Olhoft of Norcross and Wayne (Judy) Olhoft of Eagan, MN; 13 grandchildren: Susan (Shelby Clethen) Rivers, John (Lisa) Seal, Joel Seal, Nick Seal, Sonja (Lopo) Rego, Paula (Andy Renz) Olhoft, Tara (Azzedine Lansari) Olhoft, Matthew (Malinda) Olhoft, Heather (Paul) Wright, Mareen (Scott) Biss, Rebecca (Lawrence) McCue, Jared (Sarah) Olhoft and Seth (Martino) Gabriel-Mayotte; 25 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and three siblings: Myrtle (Clarence) Anderson of Cedar, MN, Marvin Pochardt of Starbuck, MN, and Darlene Hagestuen of Starbuck; four sister-in-laws: Mae (Vernon) Pochardt of Barrett, MN, Eleanor (Louie) Pochardt of Morris, MN, Delores (Harold) Pochardt of Mesa, AZ and Leona (George) Symens of Herman; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by husbands John Olhoft (July 21, 1965) and Helmer Schmidt (November 20, 2008); and siblings: Johanna, Emily, Louie, Harold, Vernon, Raymond, Eldon, Marlys and Emil and by grandson Terry Seal.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel Lutheran Church in Herman with Pastor David Hanssen officiating. Organist will be Olivia Richards with special music by Sonny Bartells, John Olhoft and David Ehlers.
Interment will be in Wildwood Cemetery, Wheaton. Pallbearers will be Amanda's grandchildren. Honorary Pallbearers will be her Godchildren: Louise Pearson, Robert Pochardt, John Frounfelter, Gloria Henck, David Anderson, Douglas Dalager, Audry Spillman, John Seal and Nick Seal.
Visitation will be held Friday evening at Bethel Lutheran Church from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. with a 7:00 p.m. Time of Sharing Service. Visitation will continue at the church Saturday morning from 10:00 a.m. until service time.
Amanda was born July 23, 1918 on the farm near Lynd, MN to Berthold and Louise (Riemann) Pochardt as the fourth of 13 children. She grew up on a farm in Eldorado Township south of Herman, MN. She married John K. Olhoft October 20, 1939 and moved to their family farm west of Norcross, MN. John died in 1965 and Amanda married Helmer Schmidt of Norcross on June 10, 1967. They farmed east of Norcross until Helmer's death in 2008 when she moved to the Pullman House apartment in Herman. After a fall in 2013 with fractured vertebra she lived at the Traverse Care Center.
Amanda walked to Eldorado Township country school District 61 for eight years. Then she attended the West Central School of Agriculture boarding school in Morris for three years and graduated in 1938.
After housekeeping at a resort near Villard and waitressing in Herman, Amanda farmed and raised four children. She was active in Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Norcross and in recent years at Bethel Lutheran Church in Herman.
Her interests included gardening, quilting and crocheting. She was a busy homemaker with canning, baking, feeding field workers, cleaning milking equipment and raising poultry using cluck hens as incubators. She was active in women's circle, teaching Sunday School and other church activities. She enjoyed dancing and was proud of playing basketball in high school.
Amanda is survived by four children: Kay Olhoft of Monticello, MN, Gary (Judy) Olhoft of Cary, NC, Dean (Marilyn) Olhoft of Norcross and Wayne (Judy) Olhoft of Eagan, MN; 13 grandchildren: Susan (Shelby Clethen) Rivers, John (Lisa) Seal, Joel Seal, Nick Seal, Sonja (Lopo) Rego, Paula (Andy Renz) Olhoft, Tara (Azzedine Lansari) Olhoft, Matthew (Malinda) Olhoft, Heather (Paul) Wright, Mareen (Scott) Biss, Rebecca (Lawrence) McCue, Jared (Sarah) Olhoft and Seth (Martino) Gabriel-Mayotte; 25 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and three siblings: Myrtle (Clarence) Anderson of Cedar, MN, Marvin Pochardt of Starbuck, MN, and Darlene Hagestuen of Starbuck; four sister-in-laws: Mae (Vernon) Pochardt of Barrett, MN, Eleanor (Louie) Pochardt of Morris, MN, Delores (Harold) Pochardt of Mesa, AZ and Leona (George) Symens of Herman; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by husbands John Olhoft (July 21, 1965) and Helmer Schmidt (November 20, 2008); and siblings: Johanna, Emily, Louie, Harold, Vernon, Raymond, Eldon, Marlys and Emil and by grandson Terry Seal.
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