Schneider, Connie Sue (Mertens) (1950 - 2024)

SCHNEIDER, MERTENS, BUCK, PIEPER, BARGENQUAST, WISNER, KLINDT, GILBERT, STEIN

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 7/15/2024 at 19:34:18

Name of deceased: Connie Sue Schneider (nee Mertens)

Aged: 73 yrs, 10 mo, 13 days

Residence: Harlan, IA

Born: July 29, 1950; Manning, Carroll County, IA

Died: June 11, 2024; Harlan, Shelby County, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Monday, June 17, 2024; St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA; burial was in the St. Boniface Cemetery, Westphalia, IA

Survived by: Husband, Jerome “Buzz” Schneider of Harlan, IA; children, Traci (spouse, Dave) Buck of Elkhorn, NE, and Brian (spouse, LeAnn) Schneider of Council Bluffs, IA; 5 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild; siblings, Barb Pieper of Neola, IA, Bill Martens of Omaha, NE, Madge (spouse, Don) Bargenquast of Neola, IA, Jolene Wisner of Omaha, NE, Margy (spouse, Jim) Klindt of Atlantic, IA, Jerry Martens of Council Bluffs, IA, Darold (spouse, Joyce) Martens of Neola, IA, Pam Gilbert of Tonganoxie, KS, and Phil Martens of Persia, IA; other family members and friends

Predeceased by: Parents, Edwin and Bernadine (nee Stein) Martens

Education: Graduated from Tri-Center High School, Persia, IA, Class of 1969; after high school, she attended cosmetology school in Council Bluffs, IA

Religious affiliation: Catholic

Military service: n/a

Marriage: Jerome “Buzz” Schneider; Oct. 18, 1969; St. Boniface Catholic Church, Westphalia, IA

Employment: After getting married, Connie opened up her own beauty shop in their home in Westphalia, IA. She later worked for CDS in Harlan, IA, then later at Little Flower Haven Nursing Home, Earling, IA, Elm Crest Nursing Home, Harlan, IA, and then at the Dollar General Store in Harlan, IA, until she retired in Dec. 2021

Hobbies/Interests: Loved animals; enjoyed playing cards, listening to music, reading, completing crossword puzzles and doing word find puzzles, traveling and spending time with her sisters

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