Schneider, Mildred

SCHNEIDER, RUML, DREYER, ALBERS, REHMKE, BESST

Posted By: Ruth Maring - VOLUNTEER
Date: 10/9/2009 at 08:47:24

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WHEATLAND — Mildred Schneider, 87, of Wheatland, died Sunday, Sept. 20, 2009, at West Wing Place in DeWitt.Services will be at St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Wheatland, at 11 a.m. Saturday with the Rev. Lynne Bisson officiating. Burial will be at St. Paul's Church Cemetery. Visitation is from 9:30 a.m. until the service time at the church Saturday. Arrangements are with Chapman Funeral Home in Wheatland. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Multiple Sclerosis Society or St. Paul's Cemetery.Mildred was born March 28, 1922 on a farm in Letcher, South Dakota to Fred and Albina (Ruml) Dreyer. She married Louis Schneider on Aug. 21, 1940 in Zwingle, Iowa; he died in 1987.Mildred moved to Iowa in 1935 and graduated from Davenport High School in 1940. She farmed with her husband for 10 years in Scott County near Dixon, Iowa. She worked for Alfred Rowold and Wheatland Mutual Insurance for 44 years. Mildred belonged to Dixon Temple #247 Pythian Sisters and the St. Paul's Martha aid. She enjoyed bowling, golfing, traveling, watching all sports on TV, cooking and was a cookbook collector. She was a charter member of Wapsie Oaks Country Club. Survivors include her daughter, Sharon (Dwaine) Albers of Newark Ohio; son, Leslie (Evy) Schneider of Wausau, Wisconsin; sister, Elaine Rehmke of West Liberty; 5 grandchildren, Kim (Matt) Besst of Johnstown, Ohio, Brian (Laura) Albers of Louisville, CO, Paul (Natalie) Albers of Olive Branch, Miss, Elizabeth Schneider of Rothschild, Wi, and David Schneider of Chicago; and 3 great grandchildren, Carolyn, Reece and Zachary. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one sister, one brother and one great-grandchild.Death date: Sept. 20, 2009
Published in the Clinton Herald from 9/22/2009 - 9/24/2009