| Funeral Services For Mrs. Mary Schneider Are Held on Tuesday
(Mrs. Henry Marks)
Early - Memorial services were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00
o'clock in the Early Methodist church for Mrs. Mary Schneider, 85, who
died May 18th in the Swallum Hospital in Storm Lake, due to the
infirmities of advanced age. Farber & Otteman were in charge of the
funeral with the Rev. H. C. Culver as officiating clergyman.
Mrs. Wayne Miller and Mrs. W. B. Jenkins, with Mrs. R. B Evans at
the console, provided the music with Mrs. Denzil Engler and Mrs. H. F.
DeGarmo in charge of the floral tributes.
The attendants were John Blass, Frank Fawcett, A. J. Simpson, C. R.
Grinyer, Elmer Struchen and Guy Johnson.
Interment was in the Early Union Cemetery.
Following the service, lunch was served to relatives and out of
town guests by the WSCS.
Mary F. Thorpe was born Dec. 4, 1866, at Elkhart, Ind., and passed away
shortly after midnight May 18, 1952 at the Swallum Hospital at Storm
Lake after a lingering illness, having reached the age of 85 years, 5
months and 13 days.
She was the last of a family of seven children born to Sanford
and Julia Hall Thorpe and came with her parents to Sac county in 1877
where she grew to womanhood and was married to Peter Schneider July 19,
1893 at Early, Iowa. Her husband preceded her in death Sept. 10, 1936. A
son died in infancy and a grandson at the age of two.
One son Emery survives his mother, as does the daughter-in-law,
Merle Schneider and one grandson Pete, now with the armed forces in Alabama.
Mrs. Schneider was a member of the Methodist Church. She was a
devoted wife and mother and loved her home and family dearly, but owing
to poor health was seldom seen away from home. Beside her one son and
his family she leaves many nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
(May 1952) |
