Dorothy Schnieders
RANDOLPH — Dorothy Schnieders, 94, Randolph, died Nov. 7, 2020, at Nebraska Methodist Hospital, Omaha.
Visitation will be 4-7 p.m., Friday, with a 4 p.m. Christian Mothers’ Rosary and 7 p.m. Christian Wake Service, at Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church, Randolph, under the direction of Johnson Funeral Home, Randolph.
There will be private funeral services Nov. 14 at Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church, with Rev. Father Timothy Forget and Deacon Doug Tunink officiating.
Pallbearers will be Dorothy’s grandsons, Ryan Schnieders, Nathan Schnieders, Dan Arens, Mike Arens, Tom Arens and Derek Charles.
Honorary pallbearers will be all of Dorothy’s granddaughters and great-grandchildren.
Interment will be at Saint Jane Frances Catholic Cemetery, Randolph.
Dorothy was born May 7, 1926, at St. Helena, to Jacob and Theresa (Schoof) Kaiser. She attended St. Helena Public School and was a 1944 graduate of Mount Marty High School in Yankton, S.D. Dorothy married Paul Schnieders Nov. 15, 1948, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Helena. The couple made their home near Bow Valley until February 1959, when they began farming south of McLean until retiring in 1989, when they built their home in Randolph.
Dorothy was a member of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal Catholic Church, Randolph, where she was a member of the Christian Mothers, P.C.C. W., formerly served on the church’s parish council, and was a former Co-Chair of St. Frances C.C.D. program.
Her hobbies include playing sheephead, golf, bowling, playing cards, playing scrabble and crossword puzzles.
Surviving Dorothy are her five children, Diane Charles, St. Louis, Mo.; Daniel and Sharon Schnieders, Omaha; Carla and Arnie Arens, Omaha; Carol and Barry Caster, Omaha; Steve and Denise Schnieders, Columbus; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; one sister, Geraldine and Joe Schumacher, Crofton; one brother, Benny and Shirley Kaiser, St. Helena; and one sister-in-law, Delores Kaiser, Wynot.
Preceding Dorothy in death are her parents; husband, Paul, in September 2018; one daughter, Jane Frances in infancy; one greatgranddaughter, Samantha Allen; four brothers and two sisters.
