Shirley Ruth (Zimmer) Schmitz |
| Posted 2008-06-29 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Tuesday, April 6, 2004 Shirley Ruth Schmitz, received her last call on April 4, 2004, in her home at Las Fuentes Resort, in Prescott, after a short illness and under the care of the YRMC Hospice. She was born on the 23rd of May, in 1917, in Brooklyn, N.Y. At an early age, the family moved to Richmond Hill, in Long Island, N.Y., where she was educated in grade and high school. Throughout her life, she was active in volunteer work, as a youth in her church, the Grace Episcopal Church, in Jamaica, N.Y., and as an adult, in service connected activities, during the Second World War. It was during this, work at St. Albans Hospital in N.Y. that she met Chaplain Richard Schlitz, whom she married after four years of courtship, in 1947. After her marriage, she moved to Madison, Wis., where she resided while her husband finished his studies at the University Law School. They moved to Manitowoc, Wis., where she was active as a volunteer at the Manitowoc County Hospital. Later, she became the Volunteer Coordinator at that center. Shirley developed a chronic back condition and lived in pain for many years, later developing severe arthritis. Her condition required that they move her to a dry climate, and they chose Prescott, in 1979, where she lived until her death. Although she attempted volunteer work in Prescott, her physical condition prevented active participation. She was a member of First Reformed Church, and later St. John's Church, in Manitbwoc. In Prescott, she was a member of First Congregational United Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by her mother, Ida Collins Zimmer and her father, Nicolas Henry Zimmer; one sister; a twin brother; and one younger brother. She is survived by her husband, Richard Schmitz; her daughter, Janet Emerman, of Anchorage, Alaska; her son, Paul R. Schmitz, of Manitowpc, Wis.; six grandchildren; and three great- grandchildren. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Services were entrusted to Heritage Memory Mortuary. |
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