Helen F. Schneider (1940-2020)

SCHNEIDER, SPROSTON, HEEREN

Posted By: Ken Wright (email)
Date: 9/17/2020 at 08:59:24

Helen F. (Sproston) (Heeren) Schneider, 80, of Center Point, Iowa, died September 15, 2020, at Hiawatha Care Center. The family will greet friends from 4 – 7 p.m. on Friday, September 18, 2020, at Murdoch-Linwood Funeral Home & Cremation Service at 520 Wilson Avenue SW in Cedar Rapids. A private family service will be held. Burial will take place at Rogers Grove Cemetery in Ely, Iowa. All guests are respectfully requested to wear a mask and practice social distancing.

Helen was born on May 19, 1940, in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Harry and Hazel (Snyder) Sproston. She graduated from Mt. Vernon High School in 1958. Helen was united in marriage to Norman G. Heeren in 1958. He passed away in 1977. Helen then married Robert Dean Schneider on July 18, 1987, at United Methodist Church in Mt. Vernon, Iowa. She worked for Collins Radio, St. Luke’s Hospital in the food service department, and did childcare in her home. Helen loved to go dancing with Norm. She enjoyed bowling, trips to the casino, and caring for the birds in her backyard.

Survivors include her husband, Robert Schneider of Center Point; children, Rion Heeren of Tiffin, Alan Heeren of Marion, Vicky Faulkner of Cedar Rapids, Teri (Denny) Kauffman of Belle Plaine, Robert Schneider, Jr., of Las Vegas, Nevada, Vicki (Teddy) Rhuems of Independence, Missouri, and Deb (Dave) Ellingrod of Urbana; grandchildren, Trixie, AJ, Amber, Cassie, James, Kyle, Tasha, Colin, Hannah, Dale Jr., Holli, Mike and Scott; numerous great-grandchildren; sisters, Mary Lou Danly of Mechanicsville, Jan (Ken) Coder of Anamosa, Jean (Luke) Allsup of Lisbon; and sisters-in-law, Tess Heeren of Marion, Jean Heeren of Las Vegas, Karen Cain of Missouri, Betty Heeren of Marion, and Rose (Cleve) Simpson of Missouri.

She was preceded in death by her parents; mother-in-law and father-in-law; brothers, Robert, Kenneth (Elmorie), and Jim (Shirley); brothers-in-law, Jim Danly, Joe Cain, Lymon, Elmer, Maynard, Wayne, and Dennis Heeren; son-in-law, Van Faulkner; and granddaughter, Michelle.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff at the Hiawatha Care Center for their loving care of Helen.

Memorials may be directed to Hiawatha Care Center or St. Luke’s Charitable Foundation.

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