Madeline (Quist) Schimmelpfennig Thimmes, our beloved mother, grandmother, and sister, passed away on Oct 2, 2012 at the age of 65 after a brief struggle with cancer. She was born Jan 13, 1947, in Salt Lake City to Carl Lowell and Geneve Gold Quist.
Madeline had a golden childhood growing up in the Bountiful 9th Ward. Her many Gold and Quist cousins also helped make her childhood special. As an adult, Madeline adopted Logan, Utah, as her home. She began her family there with her first husband, Howard Schimmelpfennig. While raising her three kids, Madeline not only served as the Ellis Elementary PTA President and the Logan Council PTA President, she also received her BS ('81) and MBA ('83) degrees from Utah State University. Later Madeline returned to Logan with her second husband, Martin Gene Thimmes, and taught in the USU College of Business for 11 years.
Madeline also lived in Manhattan, KS, Bounder City, NV, Fort Collins, CO, and finally South Salt Lake, UT. She made many friends and touched many lives everywhere she lived and will be greatly missed.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Marty, and her parents. She is survived by her children, Steven (Jen) Schimmelpfennig, Karen (John) Duncan, and Saundra Schimmelpfennig (Eric) Neperud; her grandchildren, Brendon, Jeremy, Andrew, and Emily; and siblings Beth Beck, Carma (Jess) Fuller, Ross (Marsha) Quist, and Craig (Mary) Quist.
Services will be held on Saturday, October 6th. A viewing will be held from 10 to 11 a.m. followed by a service and remembrance at the Wasatch Presbyterian Church (1700 East 1700 South) in Salt Lake City. Madeline will be buried next to her husband Marty in the Logan City Cemetery (1000 North 1200 East) with a graveside service at 3p.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to Utah State University earmarked for nontraditional students. Published in Deseret News from Oct. 4 to Oct. 5, 2012
