Gertrude (Beth) E. Schmidt Gregory passed away on April 2, 2013, at Overland Park Medical Center.
Beth was living in Piqua with her sister. Beth lived for many years in Gas. She worked several years for Hope Unlimited and was a housewife and mother.
She was born Sept. 25, 1944, to Ray Carl Schmidt and Mary Inez Dreyer Schmidt in rural Neosho Falls.
She has one son, John Gregory III, Colorado Springs. She married John Gregory, Jr. on March 19, 1966, and they were divorced later.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Donald Schmidt, Michigan, who died Feb. 6, 2013.
Her siblings are Mary Shoemaker and husband Marty, Piqua, William and wife Sherry, San Tan Valley, Ariz., Ronald and wife Barbara, Puyallup, Wash., and Gregory and wife Connie, Yates Center.
She has been cremated. No services are planned.