DAILY REVIEW 6/15/1914

MRS. CAROLINE BELLE LAMAR SCHMINK WIFE OF GEORGE SCHMINK DIED AT 2:30 SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THE FAMILY RSIDENCE, 1162 W. FOREST AVE. HER DEATH WAS CAUSED BY BRIGHTS DISEASE. SHE WAS SIXTY FOUR YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND FIVE DAYS OLD.
MRS. SCHMINK WAS BORN AT GEORGETOWN, ILL, MAY 9, 1850. THERE SHE WAS MARRIED TO GEORGE SCHMINK, DEC. 19 1872. SHE HAD LIVED HERE THIRTY TWO AND A HALF YEARS AND WAS WELL KNOWN TO MANY OF THE OLD RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND COUNTY. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH AND ALSO OF THE WOMANS RELIEF CORPS AND HAD MANY FRIENDS.
BESIDES HER HUSBAND SHE IS SURVIVED BY THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN, SAMUEL SCHMINK OF PORT ARTHUR, TEX, REV. JOHN A SCHMINK OF AURORA, MRS. E. W. LARRICK, JACOB A SCHMINK, MRS. LEROY WEISER, WALTER C. SCHMINK AND SOLOMON M. SCHMINK ALL OF DECATUR AND MRS. DILLION RICE AND MRS. MAHAIA SMITH OF GEORGETOWN. SHE ALSO LEAVES ONE SISTER, MRS. ROSANNA BIGGS OF GEORGETOWN, ILL
THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT 10 OCLOCK TUESDAY FORENOON AT THE FAMILY RESIDENCE. THE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY REV. E. M. ANTRIM. THE INTERMENT WILL BE IN GREENWOOD.

OBITUARY BY JANET DONNER


Father: Barnett LAMAR
Mother: Margaret VANTREESE

Married George Frederick SCHMINK 19 Dec 1872 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL

Children
Samuel Edward SCHMINK b: 23 Feb 1873 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL
John Allen SCHMINK b: 2 Dec 1874 in Danville, Vermilion Co., IL
William SCHMINK b: 1877
Susan Matilda SCHMINK b: 10 Jan 1878 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL
Lillian Myrtle SCHMINK b: 16 Oct 1879 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL
Jacob Augustus SCHMINK b: 3 May 1881 in Georgetown, Vermilion Co., IL
Mary Ellen SCHMINK b: 20 May 1883 in Decatur, Macon Co., IL
Benjamin Franklin SCHMINK b: 11 Jun 1886 in Decatur, Macon Co., IL
Walter Christopher SCHMINK b: 28 Sep 1890 in Decatur, Macon Co., IL
Solomon Moses SCHMINK b: 6 Nov 1892 in Decatur, Macon Co., IL

Siblings
Elizabeth Lamar b: 1824 - 1891
Roseanna Lamar b: 1827 - 1915
Mary Jane Lamar 1830 - 1907
Reason Lamar b: 19 APR 1835
Minerva A. Lamar 1837 - 1908
James Lamar b: 1839 - 1864 (died in Civil War)
Lucy A. Lamar b: 1841 - 1900
William Harrison Lamar b: 1847