Shawnee--Nina Schmitendorf, 95, passed away on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Brookdale of Shawnee, Kansas. She was born on June 18, 1920 on the family farm just east of Lyndon, the daughter of W.E. "Ted" and Minnie Hart Schmitendorf.

Nina graduated from Lyndon High School, then worked at Ft. Riley during World War II before moving to San Francisco, CA. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa with her Bachelor's Degree in Business from the University of California Berkley in 1951. She worked for a time in St. Louis before moving back to Lyndon and working in Topeka for Southwestern Bell as an Operator Supervisor. She had lived in Basehor and Shawnee since 2011.

Nina was preceded in death by her parents, Ted and Minnie; her two brothers, Kenneth (Zaida) Schmitendorf and George Schmitendorf; her three sisters, Edith (Cloyce) Coons, Evelyn (Maurice) Cooper and Dorothy (Paul) English; two nieces, Carol Bickford and Judy Hill and a nephew, Bill Coons.

Nina is survived by her sister-in-law, Louise Schmitendorf; eight nieces and nephews and many great nieces and nephews.

Funeral services for Nina will be at 2:30pm on Sunday, February 14 at the Feltner Funeral Chapel in Lyndon. Burial will be in the Lyndon Cemetery. The family will receive friends for 30 minutes before services on Sunday. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer's Association, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Avenue, Lyndon, KS 66451.