Background
Schmuck, Elmer Nicholas was born on July 27, 1882 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of George and Rosa Bertha (Kreuter) Schmuck.
Schmuck, Elmer Nicholas was born on July 27, 1882 in Peoria, Illinois, United States. Son of George and Rosa Bertha (Kreuter) Schmuck.
Graduate Seabury Division School, Faribault, Minnesota, 1905, Doctor of Divinity, 1927.
Deacon, 1905, priest, 1906, Protestant Episcopal Church. Rector Saint Peter’s Church, New Ulm, Minnesota, and All Souls’ Church, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, 1905-1906, Saint Paul’s Church, Owatonna, Minnesota, 1906-1911, Saint John's Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1911-1923, Saint Mark’s Church, Denver, Colorado, 1923-1925. General secretary, field department, National Council Protestant Episcopal Church, 1925-1929.
Consecrated bishop of Wyoming, December 13, 1929.
Trustee Seabury Division School.
Mason.
Married Katharine Fay Currie, September 7, 1905. Children: Marion Louise, George Gordon, Rosemary Fay, Roger Currie.