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continued from Full Circle-Holy Grail Moments MINNA, FAMED AS COSTUMER; IS DEAD AT 95 Mrs. Schmidt Noted for Figurines Minna M; Schmidt, whose earnings as a, seamstress in Germany paid her passage to America 75 years ago and who made a place for herself in Chicago's life and history is dead. Mrs. Schmidt lived for the last five years in St. Mary's hospital, where she died Friday. She formerly lived at Holy Family academy. 1444 Division St., where a room named for her contains one of her famed collections of figurines. Fairy Tale Start The fairy tale of Snow White and the Seven dwarfs, which she heard when, she was 5 year old, started Minna Moscherosch on the road to costuming and a career that saw her hailed by college presidents, artists, and people everywhere who remained young in heart. Minna went home from her kindergarten in a small city in southern Germany -and made a Snow White doll. Her mother was too busy to help her make the Seven Dwarfs, but her grandmother encour...
