Linn Ellen Schmidt

Oct 13, 1950 -

Dec 23, 2021

Our beloved Linn E. Schmidt passed away on Dec. 23, 2021, at Providence Hospital Center in Anchorage, Alaska, due to complications of dementia.

Linn was born on Oct. 13, 1950, in San Antonio, Texas, to parents Betty and Delmore Schmidt. Her family moved to Anchorage in 1952. She helped build three family homes near the intersection of Boniface and Tudor roads and worked a summer family commercial fish camp in the North Kenai area.

Linn graduated from East High School in 1968, and attended Alaska Methodist University. She married Joe Seidel on Oct. 2, 1976, and they celebrated 45 years of marriage. She worked for the Alyeska Pipeline Service Corporation and the Anchorage School District until her retirement in 2015.

Linn attended Anchor Park Methodist Church and later joined Immanuel Presbyterian Church. She was a member of the Pioneers of Alaska, Handbells of America and the Senior Center of Alaska.

Linn discovered her love of handbell music in 1981, and went on to become the Founder/Director of the Notable Camai Ringers handbell choir from 1990–2020, and the Sound of Scouting Handbell Choir from 2000–2014.

She enjoyed many hobbies and spending time with her family.

A memorial service for Linn is scheduled for Feb. 5, 2022, at Immanuel Presbyterian Church in Anchorage at 2 p.m., officiated by Reverend Ellen Johnson-Price. Interment will be held on May 20, 2022, at Angelus Memorial Park in Anchorage, at 1 p.m.

Linn is survived by her loving husband, Herman Joe Seidel; daughter, Nitra Barnes (Ben); son, Padriac; granddaughter, Ashlyn Barnes; and sisters, Gayle Young of Sitka, Alaska, and Artemis BonaDea of Gustavus, Alaska.