Lela Schmidt

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Petersen Family Funeral Home - Newton

Posted event

October 5, 2025

Oct

Memorial Gathering

2:00 p.m.

Bethel College Mennonite Church

2600 College Ave, North Newton, KS 67117

Petersen Family Funeral Home - Newton

Posted an obituary

October 5, 2025

Lela Schmidt Obituary

Lela Mae Schmidt (Kaufman) died September 17, 2025 at the age of 98. She was born November 20,1926 in Murdock, Kansas to Henry and Lydia (Voran) Kaufman. A musician and an athlete throughout high school, she carried her talents on to Bethel... Read Lela Schmidt's Obituary