Charles B. Schniers

Charles B. Schniers SLATON-Rosary services for Charles B. C.B. Schniers, 82, of Slaton will be 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in Englunds Chapel. Celebration of life service will be 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2016, in Slaton's St. Joseph Catholic Church with Monsignor Bernard Gully officiating. Burial will follow in Englewood Cemetery under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton. C.B. was born Jan. 6, 1934, in Miles, Texas, to Alphonse and Amalia (Book) Schniers He passed from this life on Sept. 24, 2016, in Slaton. C.B. graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School in Rowena, Texas, and began his farming career in the San Angelo area before moving to Slaton in Nov. of 1954 and continued in Cotton Farming until retiring in 2011. C.B. married Dorothy Mae Buxkemper on Aug. 10, 1954, in Slaton. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church; a 3rd degree life member of Slaton's Knights of Columbus; and served on the Slaton Coop Gin Board for a number of years. C.B. served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1962. C.B. was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, James Schniers; and a grandson, Joshua in 1993. Those left to cherish his memory include his wife, Dorothy Mae of the home; a daughter, Karla Schniers; and a son, Craig and wife, Angela Schniers, all of Slaton; along with eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. In lieu the family suggests memorials to St. Joseph Catholic Church, or your favorite charity.