In loving memory
Wilfred Wallace Schmidt
November 5, 1928 – May 19, 2017
Lived 88 years
Woonsocket, South Dakot
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1928
Born November 5
1928
Wilfrid Wallace Schmidt Birth
1931
Patrisha Jane (Navin) Schmidt Birth
1939
Wilfred was 11 when World War II began in Europe
1944
Wilfred was 16 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1950
Wilfred was 22 when the Korean War began
1952
Wilfrid & Patrisha Wedding
1953
Linda Jane (Schmidt) Kiesz
1954
Kevin Keith Schmidt Birth
1956
Pamela Marie (Schmidt) Gastelecutto Birth
1957
David Terrence Schmidt Birth
1961
Kenneth Wilfrid Schmidt Birth
1962
Wilfred was 34 when the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the world to the brink of nuclear war
1965
Curtis Joseph Schmidt Birth
1965
Curtis Joseph Schmidt Death
1970
Wilfred was 42 when the Beatles broke up
1989
Wilfred was 61 when the Berlin Wall fell
1990
Wilfred was 62 when Nelson Mandela was released from prison
2000
Wilfred was 72 when the world entered 2000 with few Y2K computer problems
2016
Wilfred was 88 when the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union
2017
Passed away May 19, age 88
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