Blanche Marie Schneider

1933 - 2013

Blanche Marie Schneider obituary, 1933-2013, Columbia, IL

BORN

1933

DIED

2013

FUNERAL HOME

Leesman Funeral Home - Columbia

218 South Metter Ave

Columbia, Illinois

Blanche Schneider Obituary

Blanche Schneider

Blanche Marie Schneider, 80, of Columbia, Ill., born Feb. 3, 1933, in Richwoods, Mo., passed away on April 20, 2013, at St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.

Mrs. Schneider was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Columbia, Ill.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Minerva, nee Nickelson, Yarbrough Sr.; daughter, Carol Jean, brothers and sisters, Joseph Yarbrough, Helen Kerbel, Ruth Tauber, Charles Yarbrough Jr., Robert Yarbrough, Alvin Yarbrough and Rolan Yarbrough, in infancy.

Surviving are her husband, Robert E. Schneider, whom she married on Aug. 18, 1951, in Columbia, IL, at St. Paul Lutheran Church; daughters, Susan (Larry) Doiron of Waterloo, Ill., and Barbara (Robert) Vernier of Waterloo, Ill.; grandchildren, Scott (Kimberly) Doiron, Alisha (Eric Stegall) Doiron and Taylor, Hannah and Haley Vernier; great-grandchild, Ethan Doiron; sister, Bertha (Leroy) Hoffmann of Columbia, Ill.; brothers-in-law, Vernon (Nadine) Schneider and Walter (Mila) Schneider.

Memorial suggestion: St. Paul Lutheran Church - Building Fund, 227 Goodhaven, Columbia, IL 62236. For more information, please access our website, www.lawlorfuneralhome.com.

Visitation: Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013, at Lawlor Funeral Home, Columbia, Ill.

Friends may also call from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, Columbia, Ill.

Funeral: Services will be held 1 p.m. Thursday, April 25, 2013, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, with Pastor Steven Theiss officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

LAWLOR FUNERAL HOME, Columbia, Ill.

Published by Belleville News-Democrat on Apr. 22, 2013.
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