Melrose
LeRoy Schmitz, 77
1946 — 2024
LeRoy H. Schmitz, age 77 of Freeport, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at the Quiet Oaks Hospice House in St. Augusta, Minnesota. A gathering of friends and family will be held from 12 to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27 at the Patton-Schad Funeral Home in Melrose. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Inurnment will be in St. Francis of Assisi Cemetery in St. Franics. LeRoy Herman Schmitz was born September 26, 1946 in Melrose, Minnesota to Robert and Mayme (Tschida) Schmitz. He farmed all his life on the family farm in Krain Township. LeRoy was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in St. Francis. He truly loved farming, his pigs and his dogs, and taking...