Lavonda Mae Schmidt

Hastings resident, LaVonda Mae Schmidt, 72 passed away Monday, March 18, 2013 in Lincoln, NE. Services will be Friday, March 22, 2013 at 10:30 at Faith Lutheran Church with Pastor Paul Dunbar officiating. Visitation will be Thursday, March 21, 2013 from 12 noon to 9 pm at the Brand-Wilson Funeral Home and one hour prior to service time at the church. Burial will be in the Presbyterian Cemetery, near Rosemont, NE. Condolences may be sent to the family from www.brandwilson.com. LaVonda was born April 28, 1940 in Webster County to Frank and Lillie (Johnson) Rose. She was baptized on June 2, 1940 at the Salem Lutheran Church, southwest of Rosemont and confirmed on June 14, 1953 at the Calvary Lutheran Church in Rosemont, NE. She graduated from the Eckley High School on May 15, 1957. Memorials may be given to the Lutheran Hour or the Donors choice. She married Donald Schmidt on November 28, 1963 they later divorced. LaVonda enjoyed playing cards and doing puzzles . She is survived by her mother, Lillie Rose, son, David Schmidt both of Hastings, and daughter, Deborah Murphy and husband Alan of Florida, and one sister Margene and husband Leslie Stevens of Kearney, NE. She was preceded in death by her father and an infant son, Daniel Schmidt.