Jo Ann Schneider

Jo Ann Schneider

June 23, 2009

She was born on April 18, 1932 in Council Bluffs, Iowa to James and Nytha (Vernon) Phillips. She grew up in Burlington, Iowa where she graduated from high school in 1950. She attended a modeling school in Chicago, the returned to Burlington.

In 1955, she moved to Fremont and began working for Hormel's. On August 26, 1956, Jo Ann Phillips was married in First Lutheran Church in Fremont to Melvin Schneider. They lived in Denison, Iowa for 13 years, and since 1970, the couple lived in Fremont. She was a homemaker, raising their 5 children.

She was a member of First Lutheran Church and it's Ruth Circle.

Survivors: husband - Melvin
2 daughters - Melanie (and husband Doug) Peppmuller of Fremont
Jeri (and husband Jim) Kallio of Fremont
3 sons - Steve (and wife Lori Moseman) Schneider of Fremont
Craig (and wife Susan) Schneider of Omaha
James Schneider of Fremont
8 grandchildren
1 sister - Jeri McColloch of Fremont
2 brothers - Art (and wife Shirley) Phillips of Cheyenne, Wyoming
Jim (and wife Ruth) Philips of Austin, Minnesota

She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Nytha, and a sister Dorothy Christensen.

The funeral service will be 10:30 AM Friday (June 26, 2009) in the First Lutheran Church (3200 E. Military), Fremont. The committal will follow in Memorial Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to her church.

Visitation will be at the Ludvigsen Mortuary, Fremont, on Thursday from 2 to 8 PM, with the family receiving friends from 6:30 to 8 PM.

Online guestbook at www.Ludvigsenmortuary.com

Obituary Provided By:
Freeman Funeral Home
1249 E. 23rd St.
Fremont, NE  68025
www.ludvigsenmortuary.com