(KNZA)--A Hiawatha community leader and former business owner is being remembered.
According to an obituary from Hiawatha's Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, Marianne Schmitt died Saturday following a brief illness at the age of 71.
Schmitt owned a CPA firm in Hiawatha for many years, retiring from the practice in 2020.
She was very active in the community. Schmitt was a current member of the Morrill Public Library Board, and previously served on the Hiawatha City Commission and Brown County Developmental Services Board. She also served on various committees in the community.
Services for Schmitt will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 at the First United Methodist Church, in Hiawatha. Interment will follow at the Mount Hope Cemetery, in Hiawatha.
Among survivors are her husband, Mike, and two sons.
© Many Signals Communcations
MOST VIEWED STORIES
Walnut Township recall coming; Friday mtg erupts in arrest
Sabetha woman arrested in business burglary
Effingham teen facing child sex crimes charges
Two search warrants, two Horton homes, two arrests
Severe storms move through NE KS
Document forgery alleged in ATCO's Walnut Township
Two Brown Co officers honored for their bravery
Whiting woman pleads to theft of fire dept. funds
Severe storms reported Tuesday in NE KS
Flags across KS to fly half-staff Sunday
Atchison man nabbed for neighbor's 4 wheeler theft
Two men arrested in Jackson Co for distribute of meth
Winning lottery ticket sold in Falls City about to expire
Meriden man bound over on rape charge
Tornado damage surveyed in NE KS
Richardson County Deputies busy during special enforcement
Beef Barn replacement planned in Jefferson Co
LATEST STORIES
Four arrested for illegal activity on Kickapoo Reservation
Two search warrants, two Horton homes, two arrests
Brown Co Sheriff's Office releases April stats
Flags across KS to fly half-staff Sunday
Commission takes action related to bridge project
Whiting woman pleads to theft of fire dept. funds
Two men arrested in Jackson Co for distribute of meth