Beatrice Marie "Bea" Schneweis, 84, died July 10, 2016, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington.
She was born March 13, 1932, in Olmitz, Kansas. the daughter of Arthur F. and Mary (Busch) Maneth.
On May 28, 1952, she married Leo Emil Schneweis in Olmitz.  He died March 28, 2006.
A lifetime Barton County resident, living in Hoisington since 1952, Bea was employed at Homestead Villa, Hoisington, as an aide and housekeeper for over twenty years.
She was a member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church and Altar Society.
She is survived by a son, Eugene Schneweis and wife Kim of Hoisington; a daughter, Patricia "Patty" Quade and husband Brian of Hoisington; sister, Marjorie Thomas and husband Bob of Ellinwood; brother-in-law, Bernard Wondra of Hoisington; four grandchildren, Michele Mayers, Heather Helvie, Alesia Schneweis, and Michael Quade; and three great grandchildren, Matthew Mayers, Isabelle Mayers, and Isaiah Mayers.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Arthur J. Maneth and a sister, Mary Ann Wondra.
Vigil and Rosary will be 7 p.m. Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home.  Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, celebrated by Fathers Anselm Eke and Pascal Klein.  Burial will follow at St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, Hoisington.  Friends may call noon to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.  Memorials may be made to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church or St. John the Evangelist Cemetery, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, PO Box 146, Hoisington, KS 67544.