Anna Michalak Schmid, 94, of Brenham, passed away peacefully Saturday, April 5, 2008, to be with the Lord.

Miss Annie was born July 21, 1913, in Chappell Hill, to Stephan and Rosalie Jozwiak Michalak. She was baptized and confirmed at St. Mary’s Catholic Church where she also attended school. On July 12, 1948, she wed Edmund Charles Schmid in St. Mary’s Catholic Church by Msgr. Charles Weisnerowski and to this union one daughter, Mary Ellen, was born. Miss Annie was a people person. She worked for many years alongside her father in Annie’s Caf/ and was best known for her chili. She was strong in the Catholic faith and a lifetime parishioner of St. Mary’s Catholic Church. She was also a member of the choir and the Parish Council of Catholic Women. Annie enjoyed the outdoors, picking pecans, playing dominos, and caring for many in need. She was known as Nana to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, whom she loved dearly.

Her parents; husband; brothers, Alex, Eddie, Leonard, Burney, Stanley and Charles “C.P.” Michalak; and father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ed and Mamie Schmid, preceded her in death.

Her loving family includes daughter and son-in-law, Mary Ellen and Eddie Hugo Jr. of Brenham; grandchildren, Chad Hugo and Judi of Sealy, Chanda Cowen and husband Joe of Brenham, and Cacey Withem of Brenham and friend Liam McCarty; great-grandchildren, Morgan Hugo, Boo Burttschell, Brittany Burttschell, Jett Cowen and one due this summer; sisters and brothers-in-law, Agnes and J.R. Crider of Marble Falls, Florence McDaniel of Austin, and Rose and Floyd Moehlmann of Brenham; sisters-in-law, Josephine Michalak of Houston, Maria Michalak of Friendswood and Dorothy Michalak of Brenham; along with many nieces and nephews, cousins and friends.