Charles Frank & Mary Magdalena (Wurm) Schneider

Mary Magdalena "Lena" Wurm, daughter of Matthias Nathan and Martha Christine (Falter) Wurm, was born 13 Jan 1889 in Seneca County, Ohio and died 11 Nov 1984 at Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio.  She married Charles Frank Schneider 8 April 1913 at St. Stephen Catholic Church in St. Stephen, Seneca County, Ohio.  He was born 21 March 1886 to Lewis and Barbara (Matheis) Schneider and died 13 Oct 1947.

Gravestone of Charles F. and Mary Magdalena (Wurm) Schneider - St. Michael Catholic Cemetery, Marywood, Seneca County, Ohio

Obituary of Mary Magdalena (Wurm) Schneider - from the papers of Germaine (Wurm) Flock
"BELLEVUE - Lena M. Schneider, 95, 16827 East Thompson Township Road 186, Bellevue, died Sunday at home.

For the last 14 years she has been a resident of the St. Francis Home, Tiffin.  She was born in Seneca County.

She was a member of the St. Michael's Catholic Church, Marywood, and the Altar Rosary Society of the church.

Surviving are three sons, Donald, Claude and Edwin Schneider, all of Bellevue; a daughter, Mrs. Walter (Leona) Bertsch, Bellevue, 22 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren; two brothers, Alphonse Wurm, Tiffin and Edmund, New Washington; two sisters, Bertha Bechtel, Tiffin, and Florine Faeth, Tiffin.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Charles, in 1947; her parents, Matthias and Martha (Falter) Wurm, a brother, five sisters and a grandson.

Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the Foos and Son Funeral Home, 311 W. Main Street, Bellevue, where the rosary will be recited 2 p.m. Tuesday.  The funeral will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Michael's Catholic Church with the Rev. Anthony Teolis officiating.  Burial will be in St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery."


Charles Frank and Mary Magdalena (Wurm) Schneider had five children:
1 - Anna Schneider was born and died 19 Dec 1913 in Thompson Township, Seneca County, Ohio.  Anna was delivered prematurely by cesarean section due to maternal nephritis.
2 - Donald Valentine Schneider (1920-2003)
3 - Claude Patrick Schneider (1922-)
4 - Edwin Bernard Schneider (1923-1999)
5 - Leona Elizabeth Schneider (1927-1998)