OBITUARY: Clement A. Schneider, 1929-2003, Worth county, Iowa

[ Adapted from Northwood Anchor online - posted Dec. 3, 2003 ]




                           Clement A. Schneider
                                 
Clement A. Schneider, 73, Mason City, Iowa, died Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2003
at the Muse Norris Hospice Inpatient Unit, Mason City. Funeral services
were Saturday at Holy Family Catholic Church, Mason City, with Rev. Dennis
Cahill officiating. Interment was at the Elmwood St. Joseph Cemetery,
Mason City.  Military honors were by the Mason City Veterans Memorial
Association.

Clement was born Dec. 11, 1929 in Kensett, Iowa, the son of Louis and
Mary (Dankbar) Schneider. He graduated from Hanlontown High School. He
served in the United States Army and then was a member of the active
Reserves.

Clement married Darlene Loecher Sept. 5, 1959 in Stacyville, Iowa. He
operated a turkey farm west of Manly until 1960. He then worked at Armor
from 1960-1975 and also was a school bus driver for Manly and Mason City
School Systems. He later was employed at Mitchell Transport then Ruan
from 1975-1995.

He was a member of Holy Family Catholic Church, and Knights of Columbus.

Clement is survived by his wife Darlene, Mason City; his three children
Karen Vitale, River Falls, Wisconsin, Mark Schneider and his wife Michelle,
River Falls, Wisconsin and Sharon Luehrs and her husband Jeff, Apple Valley,
Minnesota; seven grandchildren; two brothers Cletus Schneider, Mason City
and Carl Schneider and his wife Gay of Manly, and two sisters Catherine Weir
and her husband Larry, Deerfield, Illinois And Corrinne Fenelon, Waterloo,
Iowa.

He was preceded in death by his parents, infant sister Coleen, and
sister-in-law Jane Schneider.


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