Wesley Schneider
Dec. 27, 1920-Feb. 20, 2013
Wesley Paul Schneider, 92, of Bottineau, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013, in a Bottineau hospital.
Wesley Paul Schneider, a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Koch) Schneider, was born Dec. 27, 1920, at Dunseith. He was reared and educated in the Dunseith area. Wes was the ninth of 12 children six boys and six girls. Growing up on a farm by Dunseith, they learned to entertain themselves with music; Wes could play accordion, violin, harmonica and guitar at a very early age. After his education he worked on the family farm. Wes began working for Pride Dairy in Dunseith in the early ’40s taking a year off to work for a farmer in Grand Forks and then returning to Pride Dairy in Bottineau from which he retired in 2007. In 1944 he was married to Evelyn Hiatt. They had five children. Evelyn died in 1963. In 1972 he married Ovidia Forde Sletten. They have resided in Bottineau since.
He was a great jokester with a quick wit. He loved fishing, hunting, woodworking and gardening, growing enough to provide for lots of canning and to give to family and friends. Wesley was a member of United Parish in Bottineau.
He is survived by: his wife of 40 years, Ovidia; his children, Paul, Allan, Dale (Les), Diane Sedlack, Pamela (Bob) Ryan; and stepchildren, Ruth (Ron) Gust, Barb (Mike) Davis, Karen (Larry) Larson, and John (Judy) Sletten; 17 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren; his sister, Dorothy Hardy.
He was preceded in death by: his parents; 10 brothers and sisters; and stepdaughter, Nancy Steigerwalt, and her husband, Chester.
Funeral service will be held on Saturday, Feb. 23, at 10 a.m. in the United Parish.
Burial will be at the Oak Creek Cemetery in the spring.
Visitation will be today, Friday, from 1 to 9 p.m., with a prayer service at 7 p.m., all in Nero Funeral Home, Bottineau.
Lois passed away on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at her home in Helena, Lewis & Clark County, Montana. Lois Ann Tweten was born December 22, 1941 in Rolette, Rice County, North Dakota, the daughter of Kenneth William Tweten and Anna (Shjerve) Tweten Skjervem.
She was born with sparkling blue eyes that could light up a whole room. As a girl she was shy, but with age came wisdom. As a mother, grandmother, and friend, she was happy to give you her lovingly opinion, tempered by great life experience and accompanied by, and often evoking, a laugh or knowing smile.
Lois was raised in North Dakota and graduated school from Hillcrest Lutheran Academy in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. She felt blessed by the relationships she developed with many of her cousins who attended Hillcrest with her and considered them brothers and sisters.
In September 1961, she married Henry Joseph Felix in Rice, MN. They settled in Arizona and had three sons. In September 1971, she married Dwayne Garvin Matz in Shelby, MT. They had one daughter and lived in Dutton, MT.
In 1980, she made her home in Helena, MT. Lois was a faithful attendee of Helena First Assembly of God Church where she made many dear lifetime friends. She retired from the State of Montana in 2004, where she left lasting imprints of friendship. She gave of herself for the benefit of others without a second thought. “Mommy”, “Grandma”, “Great Granny” were defining terms for Lois. Family was her priority, but her generosity extended beyond her immediate family. Lois was one amazing woman and will be greatly missed here on earth. But as her niece said, “I can see her happily dancing her way to heaven!”
Lois was preceded in death by one son, Craig Roger Felix, her parents and several aunts, uncles, and cousins.
Lois is survived by her three children, Joel Felix of Helena, MT, Jeffrey Felix of Great Falls, MT, and Michelle (Matz) Patterson of Cheyenne, WY; grandchildren, Devin Felix, Jade Felix, Sierra Felix, Mathias Patterson, Michaila Patterson, and Kinsey Patterson; great grandchild, Addison Felix; five brothers, Johnny Tweten, Bob Skjervem, Harley Skjervem, Duane Skjervem, and Howard Skjervem.
A memorial service celebrating Lois’ life will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, February 25, 2013 at the First Assembly of God Church, 2210 Dodge Ave, Helena. A reception will be in the fellowship hall of the church immediately following the memorial service. Interment will be in Rolette, North Dakota at a later date. Please visit below to offer the family condolences or share a memory of Lois.
http://helenafuneralhome.com/obituaries/lois-ann-tweten-age-71-of-helena/
I tried to catch some Fog. I mist.
When chemists die, they barium.
Jokes about German sausage are the wurst.
A soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
I know a guy who’s addicted to brake fluid. He says he can stop any time.
How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it.
I stayed up all night to see where the sun went. Then it dawned on me.
This girl said she recognized me from the vegetarian club, but I’d never met herbivore.
I’m reading a book about anti-gravity. I can’t put it down.
I did a theatrical performance about puns . It was a play on words.
They told me I had type A blood, but it was a Type-O.
A dyslexic man walks into a bra and ordered a martini.
PMS jokes aren’t funny, period.
Why were the Indians here first? They had reservations.
Class trip to the Coca-Cola factory. I hope there’s no pop quiz.
Energizer bunny arrested. Charged with battery.
I didn’t like my beard at first. Then it grew on me.
How do you make holy water? Boil the hell out of it!
Did you hear about the cross eyed teacher who lost her job because she couldn’t control her pupils?
When you get a bladder infection, urine trouble.
What does a clock do when it’s hungry? It goes back four seconds.
I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then it hit me!
Broken pencils are pointless.
What do you call a dinosaur with a extensive vocabulary? A thesaurus.
England has no kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool .
I used to be a banker, but then I lost interest.
I dropped out of communism class because of lousy Marx.
All the toilets in New York ‘s police stations have been stolen. Police have nothing to go on.
I got a job at a bakery because I kneaded dough.
Haunted French pancakes give me the crepes.
Velcro – what a rip off!
Cartoonist found dead in home. Details are sketchy.
Venison for dinner? Oh deer!
Earthquake in Washington – obviously government’s fault.
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I’m not so sure.
Be kind to your dentist. He has fillings, too.
Sorry, someone sent them to me so I sent them to you!