AMBROSE SCHMITT DIED LAST WEEK
Ambrose C. Schmitt, 75, a former radio repair man and life-time resident of Waterloo, 
died Oct. 20 at Jefferson Barracks Veterans Hospital.   His funeral took place Oct. 22 
from the Quernheim Funeral Home with services at 10 a.m. at SS Peter and Paul Catholic 
Church, Waterloo, the Rev. James McCormick officiating.  Burial was in the church 
cemetery.  Mr. Schmitt was born Feb. 14 1896 in Waterloo, a son of Ambrose and Anna 
Schmitt, nee Cawi.  Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Jane Schmitt, nee Kohlmeier; a son, Kenneth 
Schmitt of Lemay; a daughter-in-law; two grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Beatrice Fritz of 
San Francisco and Mrs. Albert (Elizabeth) Wienhoff of Waterloo.  He was preceded in death 
by a daughter, Ruth; two brothers, Peter and Julian Schmitt and his parents.  Mr. Schmitt 
was a member of SS Peter and Paul Church, the Waterloo American Legion Post 747 and 
the Waterloo Sportsman’s Club.  (27 Oct 1971 Waterloo Republican, Waterloo, Illinois)