James Schmitz

JAMES N. JIM SCHMITZ OF WAITE PARK, MINNESOTA FORMERLY OF SLEEPY EYE, DIED PEACEFULLY AT COUNTRY MANOR IN SARTELL, MN ON MARCH 16, 2012. JIM WAS BORN ON JAN. 2, 1922 TO JOHN AND AGNES (MERTH) SCHMITZ. HE MARRIED MALINDA DOMEIER ON NOV. 28, 1945 AT HOLY TRINITY CATHOLIC CHURCH, NEW ULM, MN. JIM WAS A GRADUATE OF ST. MARY'S HIGH SCHOOL, SLEEPY EYE. HE SERVED IN THE SUBMARINE SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE STATE BANK OF SLEEPY EYE FOR 38 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1984. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 4TH.DEGREE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, SLEEPY EYE AMERICAN LEGION, AND A FORMER MEMBER OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, LIONS CLUB AND KIWANIS CLUB. HE ENJOYED ALL SPORTS AND WAS AN AVID GOLFER. AT AGE 88 HE SHOT A SCORE OF 39 ON A GOLF COURSE IN MONTANA ON WHICH HE NEVER PLAYED. HE ALSO WAS AWARDED A PLAQUE FOR A HOLE IN ONE AT A COURSE IN PHOENIX ARIZONA, WHERE HE AND HIS WIFE SPENT MANY WINTERS SINCE RETIREMENT. JIM IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER PAT MANOR, (STEVE) OF LELAND, NC, SON JACK (JERRI) OF MOTLEY, MN, AND DAUGHTER MARY KAY CAESAR (BILL) OF BLOOMINGTON, MN. HE IS ALSO THE LOVING GRANDFATHER OF BRIAN SCHMITZ (KERRY) AND GREAT GRANDFATHER TO HAILEY AND CAMERON SCHMITZ OF MONTICELLO, MN. AND BROTHER E. PETER SCHMITZ (RITA) OF SLEEPY EYE, MN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE MALINDA, HIS PARENTS, BROTHER PHILLIP AND SISTERS HELEN AND CARMELLA. Visitation 10:00 am - 11:00 am Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Church of the Holy Spirit 2405 Walden Way Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States 56301 Service Information 11:00 am Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Church of the Holy Spirit 2405 Walden Way Saint Cloud, Minnesota, United States 56301 Interment Information St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery 720 3rd Ave. N.E. Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, United States 56085