Schnoebelen, Sondra Lee

Sondra Lee Schnoebelen, 78, of Iowa City, died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2012, at Mercy Iowa City under the compassionate care of hospice. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Iowa City. Burial will be at a later date at the Lone Tree Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Gay & Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service in Iowa City, where a parish vigil service will be held at 7 p.m.

Sondra Lee Kline was born Aug. 24, 1934, in Duluth, Minn., the daughter of George and Eunice (Johnson) Kline. She attended schools in Lone Tree, graduating at the age of 17 from Lone Tree High School with the class of 1951. On June 1, 1953, she was united in marriage to Vern E. Schnoebelen in Lone Tree. The couple made their home in Iowa City, where they raised their three children and Sondra worked for the Iowa City Community Schools for many years, with most of those years spent at Horace Mann Elementary School.

As a mom she was always there at all the kids' school functions and other things they were involved with, and when she became grandma, this continued with much pride and many smiles! She and Vern enjoyed their motor home whether tailgating at an Iowa game or traveling across the country with family and friends. One of their favorite destinations was Las Vegas, not only to visit their son and family, but for other reasons which she was pretty good at! Sondra belonged to a couple of bridge groups in Iowa City, was a member of Beta Sigma Phi sorority, and also St. Mary's Catholic Church.

For Sondra what was most near and dear to her heart was her family, especially at the holidays, she dearly loved this time with them!

Her family includes her husband and traveling partner, Vern; three children, Dan Schnoebelen (JoAn Connor) of Twin Falls, Idaho, Deborah Lee (Peter) of Portsmouth, Va., and Jim Schnoebelen (Julie) of Cedar Rapids; five grandchildren, Drew, Ann, Zachary, Joy and Grant; brothers, David Kline (Marge) of Robins and Doug Kline of Clarksville, Tenn.; her sister-in-law, Jean Schneider of Edwardsville, Ill.; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents and stepfather, Richard Myers.

Instead of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her memory to Iowa City Hospice or St. Mary's Catholic Church.

Online condolences may be sent for her family through the Web at www.gayandciha.com.

Published Oct. 29, 2012 in The Gazette