Pamela Schmid

Pam Schmid, 82, Topeka, Kansas, entered eternal rest peacefully surrounded by family on Monday, July 31, 2023. Pam had suffered the effects of Alzheimer's disease the past five years. She spent the last 10 days of her life receiving loving care at Midland Hospice in Topeka. Pam was born to Charles and Catherine Stewart in Kingman, Kansas on December 7, 1940. Her early education was in Kingman, then she began ninth grade at Saint Mary of the Plains in Dodge City, Kansas. Pam graduated from high school and then college there in 1962. Her steadfast Catholic faith remained a source of joy and comfort until the very end. After teaching two years at Saint Agnes in Kansas City, she stepped out of her comfort zone and began teaching at Glasgow Air Force Base, Montana. It was there she met and fell in love with an Air Force officer, Gordon Schmid, and the rest is history. After his Air Force tour was over, Gordon and Pam stayed in Glasgow Montana for the next 23 years to raise their family of three, Tiffany Stewart and Ryan. In 1989, Pam was introduced to a small and growing company which later became Creative Memories. Her passion was teaching people to put their pictures in family photo books. In addition to Montana, she ventured out on her own and traveled through the states of North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas. She shared her story and gathered other ladies to join her team. Pam, along with her family, moved to Council Grove, Kansas in 1990. She became the first Creative Memories Director in Kansas and maintained a treasured friendship with many women in that organization. She would continue her passion for the next 25 years. Her books provided hours of personal satisfaction during her journey with Alzheimer's as she would sit with each new home health aide and share her life with them. Pam raised and nurtured her three children and even though they lived many miles apart she was adamant they all get together for three days each year. Except for the Covid year, that, in fact, did happen for the next 13 years. Her other activities included volunteering her time and talent with many church and civic organizations. She was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority in Glasgow, PEO in Council Grove, and later PEO Chapter HW in Topeka, Kansas where she and Gordon moved after his retirement. Pam’s greatest satisfaction, after her family, was getting together with her pinochle group in Glasgow, her bunco buddies in Council Grove, and her Shadywood ladies in Topeka. Later in life, she and Gordon found much satisfaction at the Southwest YMCA in Topeka. Pam was preceded in death by her parents and grandparents. Survivors include husband Gordon; daughter Tiffany and her children, Eli and Emerson of Colorado Springs; son Stewart, his wife Alexa, and their children, Sophie and Bella of Nairobi Kenya; and son Ryan, his wife Staci and their children, Hayes and Ella of McPherson, Kansas. Family will greet friends from 5 until 6 p.m. Monday, September 11, at Kevin Brennan Family Funeral Home, 2801 SW Urish Road, Topeka KS 66614, followed by a Celebration of Pam’s Life from 6 until 7 p.m. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, September 12, at Christ the King Catholic Church. Inurnment will be private at Mount Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Midland Hospice House or the Southwest YMCA of Topeka, sent in care of the funeral home.

Pamela Schmid

December 7, 1940 - July 31, 2023