Des Moines Radio: A Very Special Christmas Wish Is Granted

2 years after death, woman gets her Christmas Wish for family

Brenda Schmitz

Brenda Schmitz had always been touched by the “Star” 102.5 Christmas Wish program that KSTZ runs each year, according to The Des Moines Register.

“About a week and half ago we got a letter in the mail,” Scott Allen said Friday night. He’s the brand manager at the station, KSTZ Star 102.5 FM. “We’ve been doing the Christmas Wish program for 20-plus years. We’ve never received a wish like this, ever.”

The letter was from Schmitz, written over two years ago, one month before she died of ovarian cancer. She asked a friend to wait until Schmitz’s husband, David, had found a new love to marry before delivering the letter.

The station every year takes submissions of Christmas Wishes and consults with local partners to grant some of them.

Dated Aug. 3, 2011, Brenda Schmitz’s letter lists three wishes.

“I have a wish for David and the boys and the woman and her family if she has kids also,” she wrote. “I want them to know I love them very much and they always feel safe in a world of pain.” David and Brenda had four sons: Carter, Josh, Justin and Max.

Station officials told David Schmitz on Thursday that they were granting a Christmas Wish for him. But he didn’t know about Brenda’s letter until he was in the studio and on the air — hearing host Colleen Kelly read his wife’s words.



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