MRS. C. SCHNEIDER BURIED TUESDAY

Mrs. Claus Schneider, age 65 years, died at the farm home south of Kennard last Saturday, June 18. Early in April Mrs. Schneider suffered a stroke which kept her bedfast after that time. A short time ago she suffered a second stroke from which she never recovered and which caused her death.

She was born in Germany and came to this county at the age of fifteen. Forty-three years ago she was married to Claus Schneider and to them six children were born: Carl and Claus jr., of Kennard and Paul at home; Mrs. George Wrich and Mrs. Irvin Mueller of Kennard and Mrs. Charles Timm of Blair who with the husband mourn her death.

Besides these she leaves eight grandchildren and four brothers and two sisters, three of whom are in Germany.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday from the home and interment was made in the German cemetery.

Pilot-Tribune, June 23, 1938

MRS. SCHNEIDER DIES AT AGE 65

WELL-KNOWN RESIDENT OF SOUTHERN PART OF COUNTY DIED SATURDAY

Ill since suffering a stroke last April, Mrs. Claus P.C. Schneider, 65, of south of Blair, died early Saturday afternoon at her home. She had resided in this vicinity 51 years.

As Christina Catherina Mohr, she was born August 29, 1872, in Ransberg, Germany, and came to America in 1887. She was married to Mr. Schneider in 1895.

Surviving besides her husband are three sons: Carl and Claus, jr., both of Kennard and Paul at home; three daughters, Mrs. Lillie Wrich of Kennard, Mrs. Katharine Mueller of Blair and Mrs. Margaret Timm of Blair; four brothers, Carl Mohr of Venice, Nebraska, Ernest of Irvington, George of Bertrand and Claus of Germany; two sisters, Anna and Margaret, both in Germany, and eight grandchildren.

The funeral was held Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Schneider home, the Campbell mortuary of Blair in charge. The Rev. H.J. Goede, pastor of Bennington’s Lutheran church, officiated at the services. Burial followed in the German cemetery.