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Samuel Schmidke Samuel Schmidke, 87, a former resident of Lodi, died Sunday in a Carmichael hospital after an extended illness. A native of Russia, he came to California and to Lodi in 1935 and lived here until 1948. He returned here in 1964 and stayed until six months ago when he moved to Carmichael. He was a retired carpenter. He is survived by two sons, Lee Schmidke of Lodi and Emil Schmidke of North Sacramento; five daughters, Mrs. Miriam Werner of Lodi, Mrs. Emma McDowell and Mrs. Hilda Schleining of Sacramento, Mrs. Elsie Mittleider of Los Angeles and Mrs. Esther Appel of Washington; 14 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the
chapel of the Gierhart & Wells Funeral Home. |