Vernyce J. Schmidt, 75 of Fremont
passed away in her home Wednesday, July 22, 2020
She was born in Plentywood, Montana on June 23, 1945 to Roy and Myrtle (Freund) Andersen. The family moved to Fremont when Vernyce entered the 5th grade at Grant Elementary School. She graduated from Fremont Senior High in 1963, attended Dana College in Blair for a year, then graduated from Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska.
On June 26, 1964 she was married in Fremont to Earl ‘Bill’ Schmidt. They lived in Lincoln 2 years, then 6 years in Nebraska City, 1 year in Omaha, 1 year in Brush, Colorado, back to Lincoln, and to Fremont in 1997.
Survivors are: husband – Bill
daughter – Tammy & husband Rich Tuttle of Lincoln
son – Darrin & wife Kristin Schmidt of Elkhorn
grandchildren: Ryan, Sam, & Miles Schmidt, and Ashley Clark
2 sisters – Lonni & husband Bob Stedry of Peoria, Arizona
Jeannie Eker & husband Perry of Shawnee Mission, KS
1 brother – Arden & wife Laurel Andersen of Scottsdale, Arizona
Vernyce was preceded in death by her parents.
The funeral service will be 10 AM Monday (July 27, 2020) in Omaha at the Lutheran Church of the Master (West Campus) 180th & Dodge Street with Rev. Kip Tyler. (Masks are strongly recommended) The committal will follow in Fremont in Memorial Cemetery. Visitation at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel in Fremont will be on Sunday (July 26) from 3 to 6 PM. Memorials are suggested to Lutheran Church of the Master.
online guestbook @ www.ludvigsenmortuary.com
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