RIP Grandma

Grandma's death came as quite a shock.  She fell and broke her pelvis.  My mom and her brothers had to put her in a nursing home to heal and the plan was to get her back to Parkway once she was healed. She was only in the nursing home a day or 2 and died of a blood clot.  That was just the way she would have wanted to go.  Quick and easy and she didn't have to live out her days in a nursing home.  My grandma was one of a kind.  She was the best grandma any girl could ask for.  She made the best oatmeal and sugar cookies, she loved playing games with me, we enjoyed walking around the block, but what is most special about grandma is she talked to me a lot about God.  Grandma was a wonderful person and gave the best hugs.  I miss you and love you very much Grandma Ginny!

Mcdonald Funeral Home Obituary

STERLING- Genevieve "Ginny" Schmidt, 87, of Sterling, died Friday, September 2, 2016 at Regency Care in Sterling. Ginny was born July 17, 1929, the daughter of Leslie and Jennie Dahl. She attended and graduated from Manlius High School , where she especially enjoyed being a cheerleader with some of her best friends while cheering on her "best guy" Jiggs. She attended two years of college, first at Eureka College and then at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a member of Delta Zeta sorority. She married her high school sweetheart, Eugene "Jiggs" Schmidt on January 29, 1950. He died April 18, 2016. Ginny started married life as a farm wife in the Manlius area, killing and plucking chickens, driving the tractor and having 3 babies in 4 years. When she and Jiggs decided they couldn't support their young family on the farm, they moved first to Rock Falls and then to Sterling. Ginny stayed home taking care of her children until the youngest started 1st grade in 1961. That is when she took the job of school secretary at Central School. She loved working in an era when most women did not work outside the home. But she always believed her first calling and priority was her family. She enjoyed tennis, boating, bridge, pinochle, reading, traveling and attending all the family events. She was playing both bridge and pinochle almost up to the end. Ginny was an active member of St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church in Sterling for more than 60 years. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother and will never be forgotten by all who were blessed to know her. Ginny is survived by her three children, Susan Brumme of Bloomington, Rodney (Joan) Schmidt of Loves Park and Michael (Kathy) Schmidt of Sterling; 6 grandchildren, Amy (Mike) Siebert, Kim (Craig) Stille, Max (Jillyan) Schmidt, Amber (Justin) Smith, Cora Whitmore and Adam (Nicki) Schmidt; and 11 great grandchildren; She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and a brother Max.