{"id":100494,"date":"2026-07-09T12:49:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/100494\/"},"modified":"2026-07-09T12:49:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T12:49:11","slug":"memorial-fund-honors-10-year-old-killed-in-geneva-lake-boat-tragedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/100494\/","title":{"rendered":"Memorial fund honors 10-year-old killed in Geneva Lake boat tragedy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Memorial fund honors 10-year-old killed in Geneva Lake boat tragedy<\/p>\n<p>The fundraiser for Kathryn \u201cKate\u201d Schmidt will support children in need through sports and animal-related causes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783601351_343_author_avatar.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Mariana La Roche\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>MILWAUKEE \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A memorial fund has been established for the third child who died when a boat capsized during a severe storm on Lake Geneva.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The GoFundMe campaign identifies Kathryn &#8220;Kate&#8221; Schmidt as the third victim of the July 3 incident. She died alongside her two cousins, 6-year-old Caleb Oswald and 7-year-old Abigail Oswald.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">According to the fundraiser organized by Jonathon Schmidt of Batavia, Illinois, the family is directing donations to support children in need rather than accepting flowers or traditional funeral donations.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">&#8220;The funds raised will help children in need who can\u2019t afford sports like tennis or softball, or who wish to adopt animals,&#8221; the GoFundMe page states. &#8220;This is something that will keep her memory shining in our lives and in the lives of others, carrying forward the love and generosity she always showed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">The three children were among 10 people aboard a boat that overturned on Lake Geneva when an unprecedented storm struck Walworth County. The National Weather Service confirmed that winds reached up to 100 mph during the storm.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Lake Geneva police rescued six adults and one child from the water. Authorities noted that all four children on the boat were wearing life jackets.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/honoring-kate-schmidts-legacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fundraiser <\/a>describes Kate as a girl with a bubbly personality who loved playing tennis and softball, spending time with animals, painting, and being with friends and family.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">&#8220;Whether you met her once or knew her well, she would brighten your life any time of day,&#8221; the page reads.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">The Schmidt family also extended their gratitude to the Lake Geneva Police Department and all first responders for their assistance following the incident.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Memorial fund honors 10-year-old killed in Geneva Lake boat tragedy The fundraiser for Kathryn \u201cKate\u201d Schmidt will support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[49433,49665,48302,49662,49432,45215,49664,65,11780,43669,49663,49661,49660,2117,37997,49436,45213,46996,4352,1202,45217,45212,48442,13117,8473,85,45214,11787,11710,14577],"class_list":["post-100494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-geneva","tag-abigail-oswald","tag-batavia-illinois","tag-boat-capsized","tag-boat-tragedy","tag-caleb-oswald","tag-email-weather-search","tag-first-responders","tag-geneva","tag-geneva-lake","tag-gofundme","tag-july-3-incident","tag-kate-schmidt","tag-kathryn-schmidt","tag-lake-geneva","tag-lake-geneva-police-department","tag-memorial-fund","tag-menu-subscribe","tag-morning","tag-national-weather-service","tag-news","tag-page","tag-privacy-notice-term","tag-promotions-memorials-advertise","tag-softball","tag-storm","tag-tennis","tag-use-nextfre","tag-walworth-county","tag-wisconsin","tag-wisn"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}