Obit: Schneider, William (1874 - 1963)

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Surnames: Schneider, Zschiedrich, Wallace, Mack, Bremer

----Source: Tribune/Phonograph (Abbotsford, Clark Co., Wis.) 09/26/1963

Schneider, William (4 DEC 1874 - 15 SEP 1963)

William Schneider, 88, formerly of Abbotsford, died in his sleep Sept. 15, 1963 at Memorial Nursing Home, Medford, where he and Mrs. Schneider were residents the past year.

Funeral services were held the following Wednesday at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Medford, with the Rev. William Holzhausen officiating, and interment was made in Evergreen Cemetery.

William Schneider was born Dec. 4, 1874, in Russia, and came to the U.S. with his parents in 1892, settling at Gillett and in 1902 moved to Dorchester (Clark Co., Wis.).

On Nov. 21, 1912, he and Martha Zschiedrich were married at Dorchester, where they lived two years and then went to Medford, where they operated the City View Dairy until 1955, when they retired and came to Abbotsford, until they moved in the Nursing Home.

Surviving him are hsi wife and their two daughters and three sons: Mrs. Norman (Helen) Wallace, Maywood, Ill., Mrs. Ronald (Ann) Mack, Hinsdale, Ill., Martin of Roseburg, Ore., Alvin of Detroit, Mich., and Robert of Seattle, Wash.

There are also nine grandchildren.

A sister, Mrs. Paulina Bremer of Abbotsford, also survives. A brother preceded him in death.