Schneider, Sadie Nina

Funeral services for Sadie Nina Schneider, 83, of Dubuque, formerly of Stanwood, who died Sunday, March 20, 2011, will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, March 26, at Fry Funeral Home, Tipton. Burial will be in the Stanwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 25, at the funeral home.

Sadie Nina Steele, daughter of Lawrence and Clara (Reckward) Steele, was born Sept. 16, 1927, in Fayette, Iowa. On Sept. 16, 1944, she was united in marriage to Kerwin “Pete” Schneider in Decorah. She was a homemaker and mother for her family and worked as a housekeeper for others.

Sadie enjoyed a good game of bingo and spending time with others.

Sadie is survived by her sons, Bernard Schneider and special friend Edith Carey of Hazel Green, Wis., and Leslie Schneider of Myrtle Beach, S.C.; daughter, Judy and husband David Aberle of Mechanicsville; grandchildren, Katherine and husband Ralph Gordon and Karen Johansen and husband Robert, Pam Dudley, Vickie Bealieau and Barry Schneider; 11 great-grandchildren; sister, Irene Baker of La Crosse, Wis.; and brother, Leonard Steele of Ellsworth.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband “Pete” on March 12, 2005; brother, Roy Steele; two children at birth; and great-grandchildren, B.J. and Nikki Bealieau.

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