eadline: Obituaries
  Publication Date: May 21, 1996
  Source: The Des Moines Register
  Page: 5
  Subjects:  
  Region: Iowa
  Obituary: Edward J. Schmelzer, 26, of 4042 Hubbell Ave. died of a heart attack
  Saturday at Mercy Hospital Medical Center. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at
  Holy Name Catholic Church in West Union, and burial will be in St. Patrick's Catholic
  Cemetery at Parkersburg.
  Mr. Schmelzer was born in West Union. He was an accountant with Deloitte & Touche in
  Des Moines and formerly worked in the accounting department for The President
  Riverboat Casino in Davenport. He was a member and cantor at St. Joseph's Catholic
  Church and a cantor at St. Ambrose Cathedral, a member of Knights of Columbus, a
  supporter of the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines and a former member of the Iowa
  State Fair Singers.
  Surviving are his wife, Anastasia Nicklaus Schmelzer; his parents, James and Virginia
  Schmelzer of West Union; three sisters, Kathryn Sowder of Vadnais Heights, Minn.,
  Teresa Koch of Dubuque and Mary Schmelzer of Manchester; and his grandmother,
  Florence Bodensteiner of West Union.
  Friends may call from 3:30 to 8 p.m. today at Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home in Cedar
  Falls, where there will be a 7:30 p.m. vigil service. Visitation will continue from 9:30 to
  10:30 a.m. Wednesday at the parish center next to the church.