Schneckloth, Richard Rudolph (1917 – 2007)

SCHNECKLOTH, LANCASTER, STORTENBECKER, SCHUTT, SICK, FELTON

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/7/2013 at 18:38:13

Name of deceased: Richard Rudolph Schneckloth

Aged: 89 yrs, 5 mo, 28 days

Residence: Oakland Manor Nursing Home, Oakland, IA

Born: July 9, 1917 in Benson, MN

Died: Jan. 6, 2007, at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA

Funeral services: Graveside: Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007; Pastor Dean Sparr officiated. Burial was held in the Minden (IA) Cemetery with Military Rites by the American Legion Post No. 437
Survived by: Children, Dennis Schneckloth (spouse, Barb) of Oakland, IA, Charlene Lancaster of Colorado Springs, CO, Roger Schneckloth (spouse, Beth) of Neola, IA, Ken Schneckloth of Neola, IA, Tom Schneckloth (spouse, Kelli) of Minden, IA, Mike Schneckloth of Neola, IA; son-in-law, Rick Lancaster, of Colorado Springs, CO; 11 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; sister, Evelyn Stortenbecker of Treynor, IA; nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Carl H. “Charley” and Margaret (Schutt) Schneckloth; wife, Emma (deceased March 15, 1963); wife, Doris (deceased October 17, 2000); daughter, Diane; son, Terry

Education: attended school at Abraham Lincoln High School in Council Bluffs, IA after their family moved there from Minnesota.

Religious affiliation: no information provided

Military service: He entered the U.S. Army on March 18, 1942, at Ft. Des Moines, IA. While in the army, he served his country in the Signal Corp repairing equipment during World War II in Naples, Rome, Greece and Africa. He was honorably discharged from Ft. Leavenworth, KS on Oct. 12, 1945.

Marriages: (1) Emma Sick; Dec. 18, 1949; Harlan, IA (2) Doris Felton; Nov. 25, 1966; Neola, IA

Employment: After finishing high school, he moved to the Minden, IA area and farmed with his parents, as well as having worked as a hired hand for neighboring farmers. After getting married, Richard and Emma rented a farm outside of Harlan, IA until 1956, when they moved to a farm near Neola. Emma passed away in 1963.

Richard and Doris Felton were married in 1966, and they made their home in Neola where he worked as a general contractor, specializing in plumbing and carpentry. He continued working out of his home until his retirement in 1994.

Hobbies/Interests: no information provided

Sources: pauleyjones.com