Nancy Schmidt

Nancy E. Schmidt, 65, of 2407 W. 4th, died Friday, March 7, 2003 at Cumbernauld Village, Winfield, Kansas.

Services will be Thursday, March 13, 2003; 11:00 A.M. at Grace United Methodist Church with Pastor Jim Miller officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Garden, Hastings, Nebraska.

Nancy E. Schmidt was born May 20, 1937 in Harvard, Nebraska to Elwood & Eva (Helzer) Selko. She graduated Harvard High School, Harvard, Nebraska, Hastings College and Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital, School of Nursing, both in Hastings, Nebraska. On June 8, 1963, she married William F. Schmidt of Minden, Nebraska. She was an O.B. Instructor at the Nursing School for many years and was currently employed by Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital as a Registered Nurse. She had over 40 years of service at Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital. She helped bring hundreds of new borns into this world. She was a very active member of Grace United Methodist Church for over 35 years. She was also a member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, the Nebraska Nurses Association, American Nurses Association, and various nursing organizations. She received the "Outstanding Achievement in Nursing" award by the Nebraska Nurses Association in 2002. She touched many lives in all the years of her nursing career. She jokingly said, "When some of the babies I helped deliver grew up and had babies of their own, and then they repeat this again; it's probably time to retire."

Nancy E. Schmidt was preceded in death by her parents.

Survivors include,
Husband: William Schmidt - Hastings, NE
Daughter & Son-in-law: Gail & Bo Sawyer - Winfield, KS
Sons & Daughters-in-law: Mark & Jackie Schmidt - Hastings, NE
Ronald & Tracy Schmidt - Elkhorn, NE
9 Grandchildren: Chelsie Schmidt
Ryan Schmidt
Margaret Schmidt
Eleanor Schmidt
Katherine Schmidt
Jacob Sawyer
Samuel Sawyer
Patrick Sawyer
Kyle Sawyer
Sisters: Linda Wells - Apache Junction, AZ
Lori Spintig - Grand Island, NE
Brother: Robert Selko - Hastings, NE

Memorial may be given to Grace United Methodist Church Family Life Center

VISITATION:
Tue. 3-11-03; 9am-9pm
Wed. 3-12-03; 9am-9pm with family present 7pm-9pm
Thur. 3-13-03; 1 hr. prior to service at the church