    {"id":13586,"date":"2019-05-10T16:12:35","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T21:12:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=13586"},"modified":"2019-05-10T16:16:35","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T21:16:35","slug":"obituary-schmaltz-essie-louise-shelton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=13586","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Schmaltz, Essie Louise (Shelton)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1935<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Essie Louise (Shelton) Schmaltz<\/h1>\n<h3>June 27, 1917 &#8211; July 15, 1996<\/h3>\n<p>\ufeffFuneral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Francis Catholic church in Stillwater for Essie L. Schmaltz, 79, Morrison.<\/p>\n<p>Rev. Joe Townsend will officiate. Burial will be in Fairlawn cemetery at Stillwater under direction of Strode Funeral home.  A prayer service is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Strode Funeral home. There will be a viewing at the prayer service. The casket will not be opened at the church.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Schmaltz died Monday, July 15, 1996, at Stillwater Medical Center.<\/p>\n<p>She was born in Perry on June 27, 1917, the daughter of Ira and Katie (Blair) Shelton. She was a 1935 graduate of Perry high school and was married to Gottfried. P. Schmaltz on Feb. 6, 1937, in Stillwater.<\/p>\n<p>Mrs. Schmaltz had resided in Duncan for two years before making her home on a farm west of Morrison. She was a member and was active in the Altar society at St. Francis Catholic church. She also was involved in the Morrison Senior Citizens group and the Farm Home Administration.<\/p>\n<p>She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons, Donald G. Schmaltz and Dale P. Schmaltz, and two brothers, Bob Evans and Steve Evans.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her husband, of the home, survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Kendall Keith and Bevan Schmaltz, Hurst, TX; four grandchildren, Lance Schmaltz, Kristen Schmaltz, Jeff Otterstrom and Nanette Butler; five great-grandchildren, one sister, Velma Moore, Perry; and a number of nieces and nephews.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13586"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13589,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13586\/revisions\/13589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}