Marguerite M. Schneider, 76, died December 3, at Clara Barton Hospital in Hoisington. She was born September 28, 1935 in LaCrosse, the daughter of William and Clara (Busch) Maneth. On October 4, 1955 she married Marvin L. Schneider in LaCrosse. They were married for 56 years. A lifetime resident of Olmitz, she was a homemaker, worked for Rush County News, was a former writer for the Hoisington Dispatch, and farmed in both Barton and Rush Counties. She was a Reading Grandma at the Otis-Bison Elementary School, a blood donor, and an avid quilter and seamstress. Mrs. Schneider was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church and Altar Society, and the St. Ann's Church Centennial Committee. She was a church organist for 46 years. Survivors include her husband, Marvin L. Schneider, of the home; two sons, Steve Schneider and wife Tammie, Olmitz, and John Schneider and wife Stacy, Otis; six daughters, Donna Huff and Don Bradbury, Ellis; Rita Pivonka, Great Bend; Sharon Royer, Otis; Karen Pechanec and husband Jim; Paula Tammen and husband Reggie, both of Timken; and Susan Myrick and husband Rick, Hutchinson; four sisters, Lorraine Schneweis, Hoisington; Justina Hlavaty, Olmitz; Gertrude Staab, Victoria; and Gloria Bieker, Oklahoma City, Okla.; a brother, Francis Maneth, Sioux Falls, SD; twenty-one grandchildren; seven great grandsons; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by a sister, Betty Fritzler. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Olmitz with Concelebrants Father Ultan Murphy and Father Nicholas Woelker. Burial will be at St. Ann's Cemetery in Olmitz. Friends may visit on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Rosary will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the church in Olmitz with a wake service starting at 6:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to St. Ann's Church, Rush County Fair Association, Kans for Kids or donor's choice, in care of the funeral home.