Rachelle Schmidt

Rachelle “Chelly” Schmidt

Rachelle “Chelly” Schmidt, 49, Omaha, died Sunday, March 15, 2015 after fighting a courageous battle with cancer, at Immanuel Medical Center in Omaha.

She was born January 20, 1966 in Hays the daughter of Adolph and DeAnn (Leiker) Schmidt.  She was a graduate of Thomas More Prep-Marian High School in 1984 and graduated from Fort Hays State University with a degree in Marketing in 1987.  She was Divisional Merchandise Manager for Hayneedle in Omaha, NE.  Previously she was General Merchandise Manager at The Golf Warehouse, Wichita, Kansas. She was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Parish in Omaha.

Survivors include her parents, Hays, her partner Tom Tongue of Omaha and his daughter Megan Tongue of Columbia, MO, one brother Andrew Schmidt and wife Marie of Olathe, one sister Joylene Kindel and husband John of Shawnee, KS, two nephews Daniel Kindel and Samuel Schmidt, and three nieces Zoe Schmidt, Sophie Schmidt, and Meghan Kindel.

She was preceded in death by an infant sister, Katie, and her grandparents Henry and Regina Leiker and Adolph and Anna Schmidt.

Funeral services will be at 11:00 am on Thursday, March 19, 2015 at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 500 E. 19th Street.  Cremation will take place after the services and inurnment will be at 1:00 pm on Friday in the St. Joseph Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5:00 until 8:00 pm on Wednesday and from 9:30 am until 10:45 on Thursday, all at the Hays Memorial Chapel, 1906 Pine.  A Daughters of Isabella rosary will be at 6:00 followed by a parish vigil service at 6:30, both on Wednesday at the funeral home.  Memorials are suggested to Catholic Charities, the St. Thomas More Society, or Image Recovery Foundation of Omaha, NE, in care of the funeral home.  Condolences may be left for the family at www.haysmemorial.com