PETER L. SCHNEIDER, 93, Center, North Dakota, passed away Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at the Baptist Home, Bismarck. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Monday, November 4, 2013, DaWise-Perry Funeral Services, Mandan with Deacon Terry Glatt officiating. Visitation is scheduled for 2-4:00 PM, Sunday with a Rosary service beginning at 4:00 PM, at DaWise-Perry Funeral Services, Mandan. Visitation continues one hour prior to the service. Burial will be in St. Martin's Cemetery, Center.

Peter was born March 11, 1920, to Leopold and Barbara (Hoffman) Schneider in rural Oliver County, where he was raised and educated. On April 12, 1944, he married Rose Berger in St. Martin's Catholic Church in Center. They lived and farmed in the Center area until 1961, when they moved to Bismarck. In 1996 they moved back to Center where Peter worked as a carpenter in both home building and commercial. He worked on the Garrison Dam, the Coyote Power Plant, Antelope Valley Power Plant, and the Great Planes Gasification Plant. Peter enjoyed woodworking, playing cards–especially pinochle–and spending time at their lake cabin at Brush Lake. He was a longtime member of the Moose.

He is survived by his children, Geraldine (Jerome) Halmrast, Fargo, Richard (Pearl) Schneider, Bismarck, James (Gail) Schneider, Fargo, Douglas Schneider, Bismarck, Mark Schneider, Fargo, and Wanda (Chris) Scherr, Mandan; 18 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Margaret Renner and Rose Mosbrucker.

Peter was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Rose, and ten siblings, Eva Himmelspach, Monica Vogel, Frances Schafer, Jack Schneider, Alex Schneider, Clementine Ericsen, Leo Schneider, Joseph Schneider, Ray Schneider, and George Schneider.