WILLIAM F. SCHUELLER 1927-2003

FINZEL, SCHUELLER, NEYENS, LEVIN, CHAPMAN

Posted By: Mary Durr (email)
Date: 12/21/2003 at 08:51:10

William F. Schueller

Telegraph Herald - Oct 12, 2003

William F. Schueller, 75, of 345 Julien Dubuque Drive, Dubuque, formerly of 763 Lambe Road, Zwingle, Iowa, died at 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, 2003, at Mercy Medical Center-Dubuque.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Assumption Church, Sylvia Switch, rural Zwingle, with burial in the church cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. today at Behr Funeral Home, 1491 Main St., Dubuque, where there will be the parish wake service at 4 p.m.

Mr. Schueller was a dairy farmer in the Zwingle area for more than 50 years until his retirement.

He was born on Dec. 1, 1927, in Dubuque County, son of Alphonse and Blanche (Finzel) Schueller. He married Eleanor E. Neyens on Nov. 14, 1953, at St. Mary's Catholic Church, Dubuque.

Bill served with the Army during World War II.

He was a member of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America, the Iowa Holstein Association and the Dubuque County Dairy Association. Bill was a former member of the Dubuque County Holstein Club and the Dubuque County Fair Board. He also was a former member and supervisor of the Dairy Herd Improvement Association.

Bill enjoyed golfing and fishing and was an avid Cubs fan.

Surviving are his wife, Eleanor E. Schueller; a daughter, Deborah J. (Mitchell) Levin, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa; a son, Steven W. (Debra) Schueller, of Lakota, N.D.; and three grandchildren, Jared, Richard and Rebecca Schueller.

He was preceded in death by a daughter and son-in-law, Elizabeth Mary and David Chapman; a son, Paul Francis Schueller; and a brother, Alphonse Schueller Jr.

Memorials may be given to Albrecht Acres, 14775 Sherrill Road, Sherrill, Iowa 52073.