Loretta Schmidt

She was born April 2,1941 in Yarmouth Iowa to the late Lewis Merle and Mary (Boggs) Boling.  

Loretta was married to Clarence W Schmidt Jr.  and they share a daughter.  After divorcing, Loretta met Leo Benaszeski and spent the rest of their years together dancing, traveling, and enjoying life together until his death in May 2019.   

Loretta went to Yarmouth High School and graduated with a BS in Accounting from Northeast Missouri State University in Kirksville, MO.  She began her career at Sears and the School Corporation in Burlington IA.  She then moved to Terre Haute IN and worked for Indiana State University.  She later moved to the Wausau area and worked for Moore Business Forms and Jarp Industries as Accounting Manager where she retired from in 2006.  She was involved with the Wausau Elks Lodge #248, Metro Club, First Methodist Church, and WCC.

She is preceded in death by her brother, Donald Boling.  

She is survived by her daughter, Kathryn (Richard) Wakeling of Plainfield Indiana. Her sister, Doris (Richard) Balzer of Silvis IL, Sister in Law Jo Boling of Oregon City, OR., She is further survived by Leo's sons Steve (Mary Alice) Benaszeski and Mike (Lisa) Benaszeski, and their children Alanna (James) Ambrosius, Alex Benaszeski, Justin (Anastasia) Benaszeski, and Casey Benaszeski.

Visitation will be held at Brainard Funeral Home Weston Chapel from 1:00 p.m. -2:00 p.m. on Friday, May 19th, 2023.  A service will follow at Restlawn Memorial Park at 3:00 pm with a Lodge of Sorrow performed by Wausau Elks Lodge #248.

In lieu of flowers please consider donating to the Elks Lodge #248.