Mass of Christian Burial will be Friday, January 8, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Hettinger. Fr. Joseph Chipson will officiate. Full Military Honors will be afforded by the Johnson-Melary American Legion Post #115 and burial will follow at the Hettinger Cemetery. Visitations will be from 1:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 7 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home and one hour prior to the service at the Church on Friday afternoon. A Rosary/Vigil will be held at the Church on Friday morning at 11:00 a.m.

Christ M. Schmaltz was born on March 1, 1923 to Wendelin and Rosina (Stroh) Schmaltz. He went to country school for 2 years and graduated from Hettinger High School in 1941.


Christ joined the U. S. Navy in 1942 and served as a signalman aboard ships in both the Atlantic and Pacific Theaters during World War II. His ship took part in the invasion of Sicily and Italy. He returned to the United States to help form new crews and on his new ship he went to Okinawa where he spent the rest of his Navy career.


After his discharge, he came back to Hettinger where he got a job as a clerk and later as a rural mail carrier for the Post Office. He retired after 31 years with the Postal Department.


He was married to Fay Svihovec for 58 years. Fay died in 2005. Christ was a member of the Knights of Columbus, Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion.


After his retirement, he and Fay spend some of the winters in the warmer climates of the south and west. Christ enjoyed bowling, hunting, pitching horseshoes and of course golf.


Christ M. Schmaltz passed away on January 3, 2010 at the Western Horizon's Care Center in Hettinger, ND with his family at his side.

Grateful for having shared in Christs' life are his children, Wayne (Val) Schmaltz, Boise, ID, Charlotte Olson, Bismarck, ND and Gwen (Rick) Brunmaier, Aberdeen, SD; seven grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.