*Ila Iverson Schmidt, 95, of Alden, Minn., died Feb. 10, 2015 at Mayo Clinic Health Systems in Albert Lea, Minn.

Ila was born on Dec. 6, 1919 in Worth County, Iowa, the daughter of Iver and Jennie Johnson Iverson. She attended and graduated from Northwood High School and then St. Olaf College and Nurses Training at Fairview Hospital in Minneapolis. Ila entered the US Army Nurses Corp shortly after, where she was stationed in Salina, Kan., Australia, and the Philippine Islands After her discharge Ila moved back to Freeborn County and started her career at Naeve Hospital as the nurses night supervisor. On Nov. 3, 1973 Ila was united in marriage to Dr. Ruben Schmidt at the Silver Lake Lutheran Church. She enjoyed sewing, embroidery, counted cross stitch, making quilts, photography, gardening, and her study club. Ila’s friends and her step-grandchildren gave her much happiness. She was a member of the Women’s Veterans of Minn., Freeborn County Women in Service, a life member of the Red Cross, the retired Nurses and Naeve Hospital Auxiliary, the National WWII Memorial, and the American Legion. She was a member of Silver Lake Lutheran Church and Redeemer Lutheran Church.

Ila is survived by her step-children, Rebecca Schmidt Taibl ’70 and husband Glenn, Rachel Schmidt Bhattacharyya ’72, and David Kim Schmidt and wife Margaret; step-grandchildren, Erika Taibl ’98 and husband Andrew Wilkowske, Rita Bhattacharyya, Nina Bhattacharyya, Isaac Schmidt, Aaron Schmidt, and Jay Bhattacharyya; step-great-grandchildren, Annika Maj and Jackson Christopher Wilkowske; nephews, Stuart and wife Alice, Keith and wife Janet, Iver Iverson ‘74, James and wife Jorene, Peter, and Jim Iverson; nieces, Dorothy Burtness and husband Hamlin, Sharon Bornfleth, Jane Howland, Lucy Howland and husband Jack, Gennell Iverson, Margaret Iverson, and Janell Iverson; and many great-nieces and nephews.

Ila was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Dr. Ruben Schmidt; brothers, E. Sophus Iverson and wife Tena, Simon Iverson and wife Gertrude, Jay Iverson and wife Agnes, and Kermit Iverson and wife Helen; niece, Sylvia Iverson; and nephews, Paul, Loren, Mark, and Jon Iverson.

Memorials preferred to the Redeemer Lutheran Church 2013 Property Project Fund, the Redeemer Lutheran Endowment Fund, or the donor’s choice.