Obituary of Sarah Ann Schmidt

Obituary for Sarah Ann Schmidt

Sarah Ann Schmidt, age 65, passed away while in hospice care at Lyngblomsten Care Center in St Paul on Friday, February 28, 2020.

Sarah was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Mary Ann Young and Malcolm J. Schmidt.  Sarah spent her early years in Illinois and Iowa.  Sarah lived for many years in San Francisco, California and Seattle, Washington, finally settling in the Hackensack/Walker, Minnesota area in 1996.  Sarah was an elementary school teacher in Walker for about ten years. 

Sarah loved sunsets on Ten Mile Lake, time with relatives and good friends, reading, travel, crafts and the many students she worked with over the years at Walker Elementary School.  She was especially fond of her nephews Christopher and Michael Schmidt of Kansas City and her nephew Joseph and niece Jenna Krivit from St. Paul now living overseas. 

Sarah is preceded in death by her father Mal Schmidt and mother Mary Ann (Young) Schmidt.  Sarah is survived by her brother Steve Schmidt and sister Susan Schmidt.  Steve’s wife, Melissa Schmidt, Susan’s husband, Dan Krivit, and cousins Rick and Gail Becher, helped provide loving care to Sarah during her last years struggling with a form of Parkinson’s disease known as progressive supranuclear palsy.  Sarah is loved by an extended circle of cousins from both the Schmidt and Young families.

A private celebration of life will be held later this summer.  In lieu of flowers or cards, please consider supporting Faith in Action for Cass County, Minnesota (PO Box 512
Hackensack, MN 56452; https://faith-in-action-for-cass-county.networkforgood.com/projects/74668-faith-in-action-for-cass-county-mn).  Sarah volunteered over the years for Faith in Action and later relied on their services as her illness progressed.