FREDRICK G. SCHMIDTKE

JONESBORO, Ill. -- Graveside service for Fredrick G. Schmidtke, 81, of Des Plaines, Ill. will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. John's Cemetery near Dongola. The Rev. Garnett Mitchell will officiate.

He died Friday, July 17, 1992 at his home. Norris and Son Funeral Home in Jonesboro is in charge of the local arrangements.

He was born June 16, 1911, in Chicago, the son of Gustav and Karolyne Krammer Schmidtke. In 1952, he married Catherine Bruenig in Chicago. She survives of the home.

He was personnel director for the U.S. Postal Service in Chicago for 37 years, and was a veteran of World War II.

Other survivors include a daughter, Karleen Vivirito of Island Lake, Ill.; a son, Keith Zimmer of New Mexico; a brother, William Schmidtke of Florida; a sister, Edna Oltmanns of Chicago; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He also is survived by his mother-in-law, Elsie Dillow of Jonesboro, Ill.