M. Jack Schmitt, 92

Memorial services will be held in Kalispell in the spring for M. Jack Schmitt, 92, of Choteau, formerly of Kalispell, who died Thursday, Dec. 28, 2006, at his home in Choteau from natural causes. Cremation has taken place.

Jack was born Jan. 13, 1914, in Clements, Calif., to Louis F. and Joie B. Schmitt. He graduated from Stockton High School, then attended the College of Commerce in Stockton, Calif. After college, he went to work with his father in the general insurance business. In 1935, he went to work for the Bank of America in Stockton.

In 1941, he left the bank to take over his dad's insurance business.

He married Rita Moroni in 1941. In 1942, he was called into the Air Force until 1945. He then returned to continue in the insurance and real-estate business. In 1957, he sold the business and purchased a farm unit in the Columbia Basin in Washington. In 1968, he went to Missoula, and in 1970 went to work for Production Credit Association there, and in July of that year he was transferred to Kalispell, where he worked for them until he retired in 1975.

Jack is survived by his daughter, Gail Lee, of Choteau, a son, Milo Schmitt, of Pasco, Wash.; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and his wife, Rita.