Jeanne Schneider

SCHNEIDER

Jeanne R.



Our Mom, Jeanne R. Schneider was always there for us. She made us feel loved and that to me was her greatest gift. We were lucky enough to have parents that made us feel safe. That meant they would always be there for us day or night, good or bad, you know what we lost.

Mom had just turned 84 this year. She was born to Emma and Erford McGregor on February 13, 1931.

In South Toledo, she met and fell in love with Richard Schneider while she was attending Central Catholic High School. The two were married in 1950. They raised six daughters. Her love of caring for us six girls was evident to anyone who knew her, from shining our shoes with Vaseline, to dressing us in matching outfits, she often commented that she would do it all over again if she could. Dad cleared an area of wooded land on Route 20A in Monclova which became our home. Truly, magical it was a place, surrounded by woods and barns filled with horses, cows, pigs, geese, and chickens; in the 70s there were 7,000 when they opened Schneider's Egg Lane.

Mom loved her job as a cashier for 24 years at the Foodtown in Maumee.

The customers loved her too. When other lines remained open, customers would often stay in her line just to get an opportunity to chat with "Jeanne." Mom and Dad spent their retirement years traveling back and forth from Toledo to Florida. On the way they made many "new" lifelong friends. Our mom's creativity was awe inspiring. Her talents included cake decorating, baking, stained glass, sewing, embroidery, and knitting. In addition, she used her persuasive charm to lead our Dad to the ballroom dance floor. Mom's love for creating miniatures led her to join the miniature club at Crosby Gardens, where she created many award winning scenes.

My mother will always be with us.

She is the whisper of the leaves when we walk down the street. She is the sound of winter leggings swishing.

She is the smell of certain foods, the dandelions we pick, the sugar cookies we bake, and the crafts that we make, She is Life itself. She is the cool hand on our brow, the spit on a tissue that made us look our best. She is our breath in the air on a cold winter's day. She is the sound of the rain that lulls us to sleep. She is Christmas morning. She is the place where we were born, our first home. She is the map we follow with every step we take. She was our first love, our first friend, even our first enemy, but nothing on earth can separate us from her. Not time, not space, not even death.

She will forever be remembered by her six daughters, Debbie Clouse Biddle, Pam McIntyre, Cindy Turner (Jim), Laurie Schneider Hahn (Dave), Amy Schneider and Sheila Johnson (David); as well as her 15 grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.

The family would like to thank the support personnel at Kingston Residence of Perrysburg for loving our Mom like their own. You are angels. Special thanks also to Hospice of Northwest Ohio for their support and kindness.

Graveside services will be held on Saturday, March 21, 2015, at 1 p.m. at Roth Cemetery, 4650 Keener Road, Monclova, Ohio 43542. Contributions in Jeanne's name may be made to: Therapy Dogs International Chapter 122, 88 Bartley Road, Flanders. NJ 07836, "where she was know as the 'dog whisperer.'" The Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home, Maumee, Ohio is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be given at:

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