Velma Schneider

Graveside services for Velma Jo Schneider, 78, of Tyler will be held at 3:00 PM on Saturday, November 10, 2007 at Rose Hill Cemetery in Tyler with Rev. Don R. Spradling officiating under the direction of Stewart Family Funeral Home, 7525 Old Jacksonville Highway, Tyler, Texas 75703. Mrs. Schneider passed away on November 7, 2007 at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. She was born on June 25, 1929 in Hillsboro, Texas to the late Tom and Mattie Snider. Mrs. Schneider was raised in Waco where she graduated from Waco High School. She was married in 1950 before moving to California with her husband who was in pilot training school with the U.S. Air Force. Her family moved many times through the years, eventually settling in Waco where she lived the majority of her life before moving to Tyler in 2004. She was a homemaker and longtime member of First United Methodist Church in Waco. Mrs. Schneider enjoyed collecting antiques and decorating, and most of all she was devoted to her husband and raising her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, and two brothers. She is survived by a loving family including her husband of 57 years, Jimmy L. Schneider of Tyler; a son, Jeff Schneider and wife, Shelley, of Birmingham, Alabama; two daughters, Jennifer Kershner and husband, Glenn of Silverthorne, Colorado, and Joan Lowthorp and husband, Mark of Tyler; four sisters, Ouida McGeehee of Waco, Carolyn Murphy and husband Ed of Arlington, Barbara Adams and husband Charlie of Dallas, and Gwenolyn Justice of Dallas; three brothers, Thom Snider, Jr. and wife Lucille of Tivola, and Weldon Snider and wife, Jeannee of Amarillo, R. Keith Snider of West, Texas. Grandchildren are Dylan Kershner, Bret Kershner, Nathan Lowthorp, Travis Lowthorp and Meg Schneider. Honorary pallbearers will be the grandchildren. Visitation is planned for Saturday, November 10, 2007 one hour prior to the service at Rose Hill Cemetery. Memorials may be made in honor of Velma Jo Schneider to Hospice of East Texas; 4111 University Blvd Tyler 75701 For more information or to express condolences, visit www.stewartfamilyfuneral.com.

Velma Schneider

June 25, 1929 - November 7, 2007