FOWLER - Earl Schneider went to be with his Lord on January 18, 2008 at the District Hospital in Meade, Kansas.

Earl was born at Brewster Hospital in Holdrege, Nebraska to Dean and Margaret Schneider of Funk, Nebraska on October 21, 1941, just a month and a half before the outbreak of World War II. He spent his early years there on the farm.

Earl attended grade school at Axtell Public Schools at Axtell, Nebraska through the 8th grade at which time he moved with his mother to Missouri and Kansas and then to California where he completed high school at Huntington Park.

Earl loved music and played the piano wonderfully having taken lessons when he was in the 4th, 5th and 6th grades. He spent the last 14 years of his life at the Fowler Nursing Home, Fowler, Kansas, where he entertained the guests every day on the piano. He also was a member of the Christian Church in Fowler and was their pianist.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Dean and Margaret Schneider and one brother Robert Dean (Bob).

Survivors include his brothers David and wife Barbara, Ripon, CA, James of Commerce, CA, Paul and wife Delores, McCook, NE, sisters Leonora Rogers, Meade, Kansas and Carolyn Schneider, Lodi, CA and a host of nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at the First Christian Church in Fowler, Kansas, with Brother Ken Pitzer presiding. The body was cremated and will be interred in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Axtell, Nebraska, at a later date beside his parents.

Memorials may be sent to the Fowler Nursing Home, Box 20, Fowler, Kansas 67844. Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade, Kansas, is in charge of arrangements