Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 15, at Snider Funeral Home. The Rev. Ray E. Orr, pastor of the Methodist Church officiated the services. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty, Iowa.
Wilhelmina Mary DeMuth was born May 6, 1872, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, the daughter of Johann and Dora (Steffen) DeMuth. She came with her parents to the United States and settled on a farm near West Liberty. She married Jurgen Friedrich Hans Schneider on December 29, 1889 in West Liberty. Together them farmed near West Liberty their entire married lives. Fred died August 1, 1951.
She is survived by six sons, Fred, Henry, LeRoy, William, George and John Schneider, all of West Liberty; seven daughters, Helen Schneider of Wilton, Mabel Jensen, Alma Heick and Emma Beiermann, all of West Liberty, Minnie Schroeder and Agnes Kortum, both of Tipton, and Mary LaMaack of Davenport; 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
West Liberty Index, Aug 21, 1958
Notes: Wilhelmine DeMuth was born May 6, 1872 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Her parents were Johann and Dora (Steffen) DeMuth. She and her parents came to the United States to Cedar County near West Liberty, Iowa. She used the name Minnie during her lifetime. She married Jurgen Friedrich Hans "Fred" Schneider on December 29, 1889 in West Liberty and together farmed in the West Liberty area.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 15, at Snider Funeral Home. The Rev. Ray E. Orr, pastor of the Methodist Church officiated the services. Burial will be in Oak Ridge Cemetery, West Liberty, Iowa.
Wilhelmina Mary DeMuth was born May 6, 1872, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, the daughter of Johann and Dora (Steffen) DeMuth. She came with her parents to the United States and settled on a farm near West Liberty. She married Jurgen Friedrich Hans Schneider on December 29, 1889 in West Liberty. Together them farmed near West Liberty their entire married lives. Fred died August 1, 1951.
She is survived by six sons, Fred, Henry, LeRoy, William, George and John Schneider, all of West Liberty; seven daughters, Helen Schneider of Wilton, Mabel Jensen, Alma Heick and Emma Beiermann, all of West Liberty, Minnie Schroeder and Agnes Kortum, both of Tipton, and Mary LaMaack of Davenport; 19 grandchildren and 28 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband.
West Liberty Index, Aug 21, 1958
Notes: Wilhelmine DeMuth was born May 6, 1872 in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Her parents were Johann and Dora (Steffen) DeMuth. She and her parents came to the United States to Cedar County near West Liberty, Iowa. She used the name Minnie during her lifetime. She married Jurgen Friedrich Hans "Fred" Schneider on December 29, 1889 in West Liberty and together farmed in the West Liberty area.
Family Members
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Agnes Dorothea Schneider Kortum
1891–1972
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Emma Schneider Beiermann
1893–1968
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Mabel Marie Schneider Jensen
1893–1972
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William Frederick Schneider
1894–1982
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Mary Dorothea Schneider LaMaack
1896–1979
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Minnie Louise Schneider Schroeder
1899–1988
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John Schneider
1900–1976
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Fred H. Schneider Jr
1903–1994
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George Herman Schneider
1905–1972
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Henry John Schneider
1907–1967
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Alma Mae Schneider Heick
1909–1999
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Helen E. Schneider
1911–1959
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LeRoy Fred Schneider
1914–1997
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