IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Virginia "Ginny"

Virginia "Ginny" Frances Schneider Profile Photo

Frances Schneider

Oct 6, 1932 — Feb 8, 2009

Obituary

Virginia Frances 'Ginny' Schneider, of Roseburg, Oregon, went home safely to her Lord on Sunday, February 8, 2009 at the age of 76. She was born October 6, 1932 in Great Bend, Kansas, to parents, Herman Clinton and Josephine Elizabeth (Waller) Weathers. She was raised and educated in Great Bend and after high school, went on to receive her RN Nursing Degree from Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. After nursing school, while working as an admitting nurse at McMillan's Hospital, Ginny met the love of her life, a young doctor by the name of Richard Frederick Schneider. The two were united in marriage on June 6, 1954 in Great Bend. They moved to Kansas City, Kansas, where they started their family. They moved to the Roseburg area in 1977 from Blackfoot, Idaho. Ginny went to work at Mercy Medical Center where she worked as a nurse for nearly 30 years. She always enjoyed working with little babies and their new moms. She enjoyed sewing and quilting, especially with her quilting group. Virginia was a Christian and enjoyed Bible studies, teaching at VBS and volunteering wherever needed. She attended church at Wellspring Bible Fellowship and was a member of several organizations including Job's Daughters, Girl Scouts, Right to Life, The S.P.C.A. as well as she volunteered with the Red Cross. Ginny is survived by two daughters, Karen Ann Hunter of Kansas City, Missouri and Diane Louise Hand of Roseburg, and a son, Richard Clinton Schneider also of Roseburg; a brother Tom Weathers and his wife Mechthilde of Alton, Illinois; sister Jane Warnken and her husband Gordon of Hutchinson, Kansas; grandchildren Richard Loyal Hunter, Liberty Elizabeth Hunter, Amy Katherine Schneider, Virginia Elizabeth Hand, Jesse Jacob Hand and his wife Bree, James Richard Hand, and David Frederick Hand. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brother David Weathers and a beloved dog Misty Moonlight. Friends and family may pay their respects at Taylor's Family Chapel in Winston, Oregon on Wednesday, February 11, 2009 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Services will be held later that day at the Wellspring Bible Fellowship in Roseburg at 4:00 pm with Pastor Ron Leager officiating. Graveside services with interment will be at the Great Bend Cemetery in Great Bend, Kansas on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 3:00 pm, under the direction of Bryant Funeral Home.
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