Mari Lancaster-Schneider, 46, passed from this world July 11th, 2007. She succumbed to injuries sustained in a February 2006 vehicle accident.

Mari was a beloved daughter, sister and friend to many and will sorely be missed always. She is free now, free of pain and free to fly and join her dear parents, Col. R. D. and Barbara Lancaster of Stephenville, Texas, and little sister, Rita Lancaster in Heaven. Mari earned a Bachelor's degree in Animal Science from Tarleton State University. She was a 1979 graduate of Stephenville High School. She was employed as a soil conservationist with the U.S.D.A. in Seguin, TX until her accident. Mari's beauty was not only physical. Her humor knew no bounds. Her tenacity was legendary. Her will indomitable. Her love of animals of every description knew no bounds. Her endurance during nearly a year and a-half of quadriplegia was astonishing. It is so hard to imagine a world without our sister, Mari in it. She was a devoted Catholic and deeply religious. She was born on November 12, 1960, in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.

Mari is survived by four brothers, Ray and wife, Marlys of Las Vegas, Burt and wife, Gladys of Tampa, Florida, Bill and wife, Laurie of Lago Vista, Texas, and Marc and wife, Jennifer of Stephenville; one sister, Rayna Lancaster of Tampa, Florida; a maternal aunt, Phyllis Wilbourne of Dallas; paternal uncle, Wayne Lancaster and wife, Phyllis of Tomball, Texas; a lifelong best friend, Nanci Howell of Stephenville; and nephews.

In addition to her parents and little sister, Mari was predeceased by her maternal grandmother, Evelyn Foster Sutherland of Dallas and paternal grandparents, Warren and Lela Ann Lancaster of Stephenville.

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