(KNZA)--A Hiawatha community leader and former business owner is being remembered.
According to an obituary from Hiawatha's Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, Marianne Schmitt died Saturday following a brief illness at the age of 71.
Schmitt owned a CPA firm in Hiawatha for many years, retiring from the practice in 2020.
She was very active in the community. Schmitt was a current member of the Morrill Public Library Board, and previously served on the Hiawatha City Commission and Brown County Developmental Services Board. She also served on various committees in the community.
Services for Schmitt will be held Saturday morning at 10:30 at the First United Methodist Church, in Hiawatha. Interment will follow at the Mount Hope Cemetery, in Hiawatha.
Among survivors are her husband, Mike, and two sons.
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