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     Leo Andrew Schmick Sr. was born circa 1896, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA.¹ He married Irene M. Reitenbach.¹ Leo Andrew Schmick Sr. died on 25 April 1975, Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, PA.¹
Newspaper obituary:
Leo A. Schmick Sr.
Leo Andrew Schmick Sr. ,'79, of 310 Spruce St., Lykens, died Friday at Polyclinic Hospital, Harrisburg.
Mr. Schmick was born in Lykens, son of the late William and Mary Breit Schmick. He was a retired independent miner. He was a World War I veteran. He was a member of Our Lady Help of Christians Church and the American Legion Post 124, both of Lykens, and the Loyal Order of Moose, Tower City.
Surviving are his widow, the former Irene M. Reitenbach; four daughters, Regina, wife of Delphin Wiest, Harrisburg; Dolores, wife of Jack Host, Joanne, wife of William Herb, Patricia, wife of Eugene Yentsch, all of Lykens;- three sons, William, Philadelphia; Joseph, Williamstown; Leo Jr., Wiconisco; 17 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Walde of Gardners; Mrs. Margaret Sigel, Lykens; one brother, Joe of Philadelphia.
Services will be held Monday morning. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in Our Lady Help of Christians Church by the Rev. James E. Noel. Burial will be in Wiconisco Cemetery. The Schaffstall and Shultz Funeral Home, Lykens, has charge.
Pottsville Republican (Pottsville, Pennsylvania), 26 Apr 1975, Sat, Page 2.¹
He was buried at Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA.²

     Irene M. Reitenbach was born on 3 November 1910.² She married Leo Andrew Schmick Sr.¹ Irene M. Reitenbach died on 9 June 1987, Lykens, Dauphin County, PA, at age 76.²
Newspaper obituary:
Irene M. Schmick
Irene M. Schmick, 76, of 310 Spruce St., Lykens, died Tuesday, June 9, 1987, at home. She was the wife of the late Leo A. Schmick.
Born in Maryland to the late Jesse and Mabel Halderman Reitenbach, she was a member of Our Lady Help of Christians Church and the Parish Council of Catholic Women.
She is survived by daughters Regina M. Wiest, Harrisburg, Dolores L. Host and Joanne E. Herb, both of Lykens, and Patricia M. Yentsch, Hershey; sons Leo D. Schmick, Lykens, and William J. Schmick, Villas, N.J; 17 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren.
The Daily News (Lebanon, Pennsylvania), 10 Jun 1987, Wed, Page 26.²
She was buried on 12 June 1987, at Calvary United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, PA.^2,3