{"id":25145,"date":"2025-12-13T16:18:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T22:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=25145"},"modified":"2025-12-15T07:27:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T13:27:49","slug":"cathy-lynn-schmidt-60-of-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/25145-cathy-lynn-schmidt-60-of-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Cathy Lynn Schmidt (60) of Newton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cathy Lynn Schmidt, age 60, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 11:21 AM \u2013 Friday, December 12, 2025, at HSHS Saint Anthony\u2019s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM- Friday, December 19, 2025, at the Meyer Funeral Home in Newton, Illinois with Rick Britton officiating.\u00a0 Visitation will be held on Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 5:00-7:00 PM at the funeral home.\u00a0 Burial will be in the Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Newton, Illinois.\u00a0 In loving memory of Cathy, memorials may be made to Saved by Grace Animal Rescue.\u00a0 The obituary can be viewed and condolences left at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.meyerfh.com&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1765887081437000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3xJhVwKjt2V9VWatiXtTri\">www.meyerfh.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cathy was born on June 15, 1965, in Olney, Illinois, the daughter of Irl and Juanita (Cole) Franke.\u00a0 She graduated from Newton Community High School with the Class of 1983.\u00a0 Cathy was united in marriage to Gary Schmidt on August 17, 1991, at Saint Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Sainte Marie, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cathy was a loving wife and mother.\u00a0 Many in the community knew her for her friendly smile and dedication to the customers through her years at work at Pizza Hut and most recently at Casey\u2019s in Newton, Illinois.\u00a0 She enjoyed spending time with her family.\u00a0 Summers she could be found swimming in her pool listening to the radio.\u00a0 Inside she enjoyed creating art through coloring, with her cat Bella by her side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cathy is survived by<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Husband of 34 years &#8211; Gary Schmidt of Newton, Illinois<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children &#8211; Nathan (KC) Schmidt and Caitlyn Schmidt both of Newton, Illinois<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mother-in-law \u2013 Florence Schmidt of Newton, Illinois<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step-brother &#8211; Franke Lamar of Robinson, Illinois<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sister-In-laws and Brother-in-laws &#8211; Connie (Devin) Haynes of Newton, Illinois; David (Beth) Schmidt of Effingham, Illinois; Ed (Rosa) Schmidt of Dieterich, Illinois and Linda (Brian) Schreacke of Quincy, Illinois.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cathy was preceded in death by her parents, brother Tommy Wilson and father-in-law Orville \u201cArchie\u201d Schmidt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cathy died the morning of Friday, December 12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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