The Mass of Christian Burial for Dennis Schmidt, age 66 of Elgin, will be held at 11:00am Saturday, January 16, 2016 at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Carson. Fr Dennis Schafer will officiate with burial in St. John's Catholic Cemetery at New Leipzig.

A Rosary Service will be held at 7:00pm on Friday evening at St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Carson.

Serving as casketbearers are Jeff Hillius, Marvin Doll, Lee Meier, Ervin Binstock, Saul Maier, Bruce Schatz, Tim Boehm, Dale Bren, and Denny Heid.

Dennis William Schmidt was born on March 24, 1949 in Elgin, ND, the son of Joseph and Dorothy (Hurley) Schmidt. He attended country school in rural Bentley, ND and graduated from St. Mary's High School in New England, ND with the Class of 1967. While attending high school, Dennis was very active in wrestling. He was recruited and wrestled for Dickinson State College for the next four years while continuing his education. While attending college, Dennis met the love of his life, Marcy Binstock. Marcy and Dennis wed on July 3, 1972 in South Heart, ND. That same year, they moved to Elgin, ND and Dennis began working at Dittus, Inc, now Dakota Farm Equipment. He eventually became the Parts Manager. After 40 years of working for the dealerships, Dennis retired in the fall of 2011. Dennis' retirement was anything but dull. He spent numerous hours assisting Saul Maier on his farm. Dennis loved driving tractor and admiring the crops coming up in the spring. In his free time, Dennis enjoyed traveling with Marcy, especially when the road took them to see any of their 7 grandchildren. Dennis also enjoyed golfing, camping, fishing, hunting pheasants with his boys, spending time with his family, and last, but not least, hanging out in his man cave with great friends.

Dennis was active in the Elgin community. He was currently a member of St. John's Catholic Church of New Leipzig, Elgin Lions Club, and Elgin Golf Club. Over the years, he served on the church parish council and Jacobsen Memorial Hospital board.

Dennis unexpectedly passed away on January 12th, 2016 at Sanford Hospital in Fargo, ND due to complications from a brain aneurysm repair.

Survivors include his wife of 43 years, Marcy; two sons, Chad (Tina) Schmidt, Rogers, MN, Robb (Leah) Schmidt, Nevada, IA; one daughter, Jodi (Chad) Myrvik, Bismarck, ND; seven grandchildren, Drew and Cade Schmidt, Reagan and Lauren Schmidt, and Hunter, Hailey and Easton Myrvik; mother, Dorothy Sweeney; three sisters, Barb Krebs, Shirley Smolnikar, Ginny Netzler; one brother, Mark (Cheryl) Schmidt; mother-in-law Eva Binstock, four brothers-in-law, David (Joyce) Binstock, Dale (Jane) Binstock, Jeff (Lori) Binstock, Mike (Sara) Binstock; three sisters-in-law, Gladys (Rex) Mitchell, Judy (Jerry) Tuhy, Paula (Fred) Lengowski; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father Joseph Schmidt, step-father George Sweeney, father-in-law Ralph Binstock, brothers-in-law Wayne Smolnikar, Pete Krebs, Jim Netzler; and nephew Tony Netzler.

Visitation will be on Friday from 11:00 to 5:00pm at the Evanson-Jensen Funeral Home in Elgin.