Mrs. Helen M. Schmid

HELEN MCKINNEY SCHMID 94, INDIANAPOLIS, WAS CALLED HOME TO BE WITH HER HEAVENLY FATHER SHE WAS A LIFE LONG RESIDENT OF INDIANAPOLIS AND MARRIED FOR 50 YEARS TO ELMER J. SCHMID WHO PRECEEDED HER IN DEATH ALONG WITH HER PARENTS ARCHIE AND EMMA McKINNEY (SMITH), HER THREE BROTHERS, RICHARD, FORREST AND ARVIL MCKINNEY.AND HER SON IN LAW JOHN R. BRENT.

SHE WAS A LIFE LONG MEMBER OF THE SPEEDWAY CHURCH OF CHRIST, (FORMERLY THE BLAINE AVENUE CONGREGATION) WHERE HER FATHER AND GRANDFATHER SERVED AS ELDERS. UPON GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL (CLASS OF '32) SHE WENT ON TO THE IU SCHOOL OF NURSING. AFTER ENJOYING ONE YEAR STUDYING THERE HER FATHER PERSUADED HER TO COME INTO THE BUSINESS HE FOUNDED, ARCHIE McKINNEY INC. THAT SPECIALIZED IN WHOLESALE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. SHE HELPED HER "HUSBAND TO BE", ELMER START SCHMID BROS. MARKET IN 1935 LOCATED ON PARK AVENUE ON INDIANAPOLIS' NEAR NORTHSIDE. SHE RETIRED FROM ARCHIE McKINNEY INC. IN 1964 AS TREASURER AND WENT ON TO WORK WITH HER HUSBAND MANAGING SCHMID BROS. MKT. FROM WHICH SHE RETIRED WHEN THEY SOLD THE STORE IN 1971. THROUGHOUT HER LIFE AND EVEN MORE SO AFTER RETIREMENT SHE DEVOTED HERSELF TO THE CARE OF THE SICK, SHUT-INS, ELDERLY, AND HER FAMILY THAT SHE LOVED VERY DEEPLY. SURVIVORS INCLUDE HER FOUR LOVING CHILDREN, KENNETH SCHMID (JUNE) OF INDIANAPOLIS, SHARON BRANT OF RICHMOND, IN CAROL KOONCE (DONN) AND BETTY COONEY (DAVE) BOTH OF BROWNSBURG, IN, AS WELL AS EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN AND THIRTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. CALLING WILL BE FROM 12:00-2:00 PM SATURDAY AUGUST 2, 2008 IN CROWN HILL FUNERAL HOME FOLLOWED BY A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE AT 2:00 PM. INTERMENT WILL BE IN CROWN HILL CEMETERY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MEMORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE BEREAN CHILDRENS HOME OR THE RUTH LILLY HOSPICE OF CLARIAN.