Nancy Schmidt, 63, Stevens Point, a retired Stevens Point Area Public Schools teacher, died unexpectedly Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at Ministry St. Michael’s Hospital.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 18, at St. Bronislava Catholic Church in Plover, with Monsignor Jeffrey D. Burrill celebrating.

Visitation will be at the Shuda Funeral Chapel in Stevens Point from 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday, April 17, and at the church from 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Monday.

Memorials will be established in her name for the Susan G.
Komen Foundation and the Humane Societies of Portage and Marathon counties.

Condolences may be offered online at www.shudafuneral.com.

Mrs. Schmidt was born May 1, 1952, in Milwaukee, a daughter
of Robert and Shirley (McCormick) Ciesielski. As a child, her family moved to
Plover, and she graduated from P.J. Jacobs High School in 1970.

She was married to David Schmidt July 1, 1972, at St.
Bronislava Catholic Church in Plover.

She earned a degree in teaching from the University of
Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1975.

She taught in the Stevens Point Area Public School System
for 32 years, retiring in 2009. She taught business and computer studies at Stevens
Point Area Senior High School (SPASH), P.J. Jacobs and Ben Franklin during her
career.

She served as head coach of the SPASH girls tennis team for
13 years. Her teams earned four trips to the state tournament, all reaching
semi-final appearances, and her 2002 girls tennis team won the first WIAA
Sportsmanship Award for SPASH.

Survivors include her husband, David; two daughters, Heidi
(Michael) Winterhack, De Pere, and Greta (Luke) Olson, Manawa; her parents, Bob
and Shirley Ciesielski, Stevens Point; two brothers, Robert (Jolene) Ciesielski
and Mark (Cathy) Ciesielski, both of Plover; and six grandchildren.