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Elke Gisela Schmitt Passes After Immigrant Life Of Service
Elke Gisela Schmitt, born 1944 in Halle Germany, died July 24 2024 after a lengthy illness. Immigrating to Canada in 1982 with husband Dieter Schmitt, she helped build a new life in Roblin Manitoba as Avon store founder and first paid Roblin Chamber of Commerce manager, later CEO of Schmitt Mowing Ltd, and first female president of the Roblin and District Lions Club. She supported community causes, raised two daughters Claudia and Doris, and cherished family through dance and hospitality.
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Elke Gisela Schmitt
Elke
Halle An der Saale
Germany
Karl Duchet
Marianne
Edith” Duchet
Canada
Claudia Andrea
Vienna
Doris
Roblin
Ralph
Liz Ritchie
Ellie
Dieter
Thompson
Roblin & District Lions Club
Lions Park
Lions High School
RCMP
Ag Society
Rebekah Evangeline Lodge
Noble Grand
Roblin & District
Michael
Austria
Leo
Cody
Jessie
Renate
Dale
Las Vegas
Nevada
Reinhard
Salzburg
Elle
Gisela
Sneath-Strilchuk
Heath Butler
Lions Club
Fusion Credit Union
Lions
Goose Lake High School
Baba
Lena Melnychenko
Grandview
Manitoba
Margaret
Ervin) Morran
Mervin
Sandra
Melnychenko
Eldean
Craig) Clow
Vincent
Patricia) Morran
Petersfield
Janean
Lanny) McInnes
Winnipeg
Laura
Don) Melnychenko
Endeavour
Andrew
Jennifer) Melnychenko
Angel (Deegan) James
Jessica Melnychenko
Brandon
Allen
Crystal) Clow
Russell
Alia McInnes
Reid McInnes
Wyatt Melnychenko
Jack Melnychenko
Granger James
Kye James
Madison Clow
Hunter Clow
Martha
Ernie) Davis
Lena
Bill
Sylvia
Jeremy
Sofie Panasiuk
Ervin Morran
Bill Panasiuk
John Panasiuk
Anne Herman
Smitlyn
Poland