Ella Viola Schmidt
1910 - 2003 (92 years)
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Name Ella Viola Schmidt Born 24 Mar 1910 Northfield, Des Moines County, Iowa 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 25 Feb 2003 Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 2, 3] Buried Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa [1] Person ID I30 Wunnenberg Last Modified 31 Aug 2019
Father Pete Hans Schmidt, b. 20 Mar 1878, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 1961 (Age 82 years) Mother Ida Wunnenberg, b. 26 Aug 1882, Franklin Township, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 1962 (Age 79 years) Married 26 Oct 1904 Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 2, 4, 5] - Announcement of golden wedding anniversary. Burlington Hawk-Eye Gazette, 20 October 1904, page 12.
Family ID F12 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Horace Merle Ping, b. 10 Oct 1899, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 09 Feb 1966, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 66 years) Married 14 Sep 1940 Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa [2, 4] Last Modified 18 Mar 2018 Family ID F17 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 24 Mar 1910 - Northfield, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Married - 14 Sep 1940 - Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa Died - 25 Feb 2003 - Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Buried - - Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Headstones Ping, Horace and Ella
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Notes - The Burlington Hawkeye - February 26, 2003
Ella Ping
Ella V. Ping, 92, of Mediapolis, died Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2003, at the Prairie Ridge Care and Rehab Center in Mediapolis.
Born March 24, 1910, at Northfield, she was the daughter of Peter and Ida Wunnenburg Schmidt. She married Joe Merle Ping Sept. 14, 1940, in Mediapolis. He died Feb. 9, 1966.
She attended Pegtown Country School and worked at various jobs in Mediapolis as well as did housecleaning work. She was a member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church and WELCA.
Survivors include three nieces, Arvilla Kelley and Clarice Sullivan, both of Mediapolis, and Betty Jarman of Schaumburg, Ill.; and one nephew, Keith Niehaus of Iowa City.
Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, her twin sister, and another sister.
Friends may call from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home in Mediapolis. There will be no family visitation.
The funeral for Mrs. Ping will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Hagele and Honts Funeral Home with the Rev. Mary Jo Maass officiating. Burial will follow in Kossuth Cemetery.
A memorial has been established for the Immanuel Lutheran Church in Mediapolis.
- The Burlington Hawkeye - February 26, 2003
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