Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

Barbara J. Schmidt Johnson, 91, Spencer

A memorial service for Barbara J. Schmidt Johnson was held Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023, at the Warner Funeral Home in Everly. Interment was in the Lone Tree Cemetery near Everly. Warner Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.

Barbara Jean Schmidt Johnson was born on June 27, 1932 to John Henry Wieben and Lucille Margurette (Barron) Wieben on her grandparents’ farm at Everly.

Barb graduated from Everly High School in 1950 and married her first love, former U.S. Marine and World War II veteran Donald Schmidt, on New Year’s Eve 1950. Together the couple raised four sons and one daughter – Monte,...