Alfred E. "Fritz" Schmidt, Kaukauna, age 89, died Thursday, May 12, 2016 at St Paul Hospice. He was born in the Town of Buchanan on December 9, 1926 to the late Frank and Marie (Hartzheim) Schmidt. Fritz enlisted in the US Army on March 16, 1945 and served until November 23, 1946. He served as a sergeant in Japan during the rebuilding efforts of WWII. Fritz married Eunice M. Gerrits on October 9, 1948, at St Francis in Hollandtown. He worked for CW Transport for 35 years until his retirement. He dedicated over 50 years to St. Vincent DePaul of Kaukauna. Serving his community and his church (St. Aloysius) was a very important part of his life. Fritz enjoyed the Cubs, the Packers, golfing, bowling, working in his yard, scallops and old fashions from VanAbels, and driving his very clean car. He was a very devoted husband and loving father, grandfather and great grandfather. Fritz will be greatly missed by all.

Fritz is survived by his wife of 67 years, Eunice; 6 children: Sue (Mike) LaRosa, Linden; Lois (George Jr.) Cuff, Hortonville; Peggy (Bob) Noll, Appleton; Ken (Kerri), Rhinelander; JoAnn (John) Van Abel, Menasha; Andy (Michele), Delafield; 17 grandchildren: David (Kait) McCullough, Raffica (Ben) Gollmer, Joan LaRosa; Maggie (Alex) Sudbrink; Jenna(Pascal) Hausser, Eric Noll, Daniel Noll, Matt Noll; Adam Schmidt, Jacob (Hallie) Schmidt, Jordan (fiancée Katrina Thorsen) Schmidt, Nathan Schmidt; Molly (Nick) Williams, Sarah Van Abel, Michael Van Abel; Chelsea (fiance Bill Marquardt) Schmidt and Mallory Schmidt; 4 great grandchildren: Preston, Danica and Zoe McCullough; William Sudbrink; Baby Hausser coming soon; brother: Jerome Schmidt; brother-in-law Leo Gerrits; sisters-in-law: Mary (LeRoy) VanAsten, Mary Gerrits and Rose Schmidt. He is further survived by many nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.

In addition to his parents, Fritz was preceeded in death by his son, Daniel; his sister Agnes (Ray) Bies; brothers: Lawrence (Loretta), Leo (Florence), Gerald (Marcella), Norbert (Lucina) and Francis; brothers and sisters-in-law: Audrey Schmidt, Loraine Schmidt, Delores (Frank) Kerkhof, Harold Gerrits and Lillian Gerrits; and mother and father-in-law Agnes and Joe Gerrits.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, May 17, at ST. KATHARINE DREXEL PARISH – ST. MARY CHURCH (119 W. 7th St. Kaukauna) beginning at 10:00 a.m. until time of Mass at 12:30 p.m. The Rev. Jerry Pastors will officiate. Committal St. Francis Cemetery, Hollandtown. A memorial fund is being established for the Kaukauna Vincent DePaul Store.

The Family would like to thank Dr. Jack Meyer, Dr. Timothy Goggins, St. Paul Hospice Team especially Melissa, Lauren, Adria, Kelly, Ellen, Mike and all the staff at St. Paul Home who gave such great care and attention to Fritz.