Anna May Schneberger

Monday, July 25, 2022 3:39 am

Anna May Schneberger, age 88 of West Union, died on Friday, July 22, 2022 at Good Samaritan Society in West Union.

Mass of Christian Burial will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 27, 2022 at Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church, 2351 – County Road B32 in Festina, with Rev. Henry Huber presiding. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the time of service at the church on Wednesday morning. There will be a rosary starting at 9:30 a.m. 

Anna May (Gorman) Schneberger was born on October 9, 1933, the daughter of Gerald and Rosalia (Elsbernd) Gorman in Austin, Minn. Anna May attended the Queen of Angels Catholic Grade School and graduated from St. Augustine Catholic High School in 1951 in Austin, Minn.  Anna May met her future husband, Robert at a baseball game while she visited relatives in Festina. They were married on June 4, 1952, at the Queen of Angels Catholic Church in Austin, Minn.; their wedding dance was held at the Inwood in Spillville.They lived in and around the Festina area, where they raised their family of eight children.  Anna May worked part-time at Ostranders Restaurant in Decorah, the Red Vest in Calmar, and drove school bus locally.  Anna May returned to school to receive her nursing degrees: LPN and RN at Area One, Calmar and her BSN from Upper Iowa University in 1981.  She worked at Schoitz Hospital in Waterloo, the New Hampton Hospital and at the West Union Hospital for twenty years, retiring in 1997.

She was a Certified Diabetes Educator and a supervisor of the Cardiac Unit at the Palmer Lutheran Hospital in West Union. She served for two terms as president of the American Heart Association Chapter in West Union. In her younger years, Anna May enjoyed swimming, lifeguarding, and Girl Scouts. Her family brought her great joy and pride. She enjoyed music, dancing, camping, canoeing, fishing, traveling, sewing, reading, watching TV, gardening, cooking and canning.  Anna May was a member of Our Lady of Seven Dolors Catholic Church.

Anna May is survived by her eight children: Roxanne Schneberger of River Falls, Wis., Galen (Diane) Schneberger of Minden, Nev., Joseph (Angie Meardon) Schneberger of Fayette, Brian (Dianne) Schneberger of West Union, Larry (Terri) Schneberger of Decorah, Jean (Kevin) Cavanaugh of Waterloo, Alan (Carolyn) Schneberger of Ames, and Coral Schneberger of Waterloo; five grandchildren: Jenny (Kevin) Campbell, Adam (Annie) Schneberger, Sean (Isabel Carter) Cavanaugh, Andrea Schneberger, and Kindra (Steve) Fritz; five great-grandchildren: Carson and Brooks Campbell, Aiden Schneberger, Hunter McGee and Cayden Fritz; two great great grandchildren: Liam and Remington McGee; one brother: Wayne (Darlene) Gorman of Austin, Minn.; one sister: Mary Kay (Arnie) Olson, Minneapolis, Minn.; four sisters-in-law: Yvonne Gorman of Austin, Minn., Marcie Schneberger of Fort Atkinson, Margaret Zumach of LaCrosse, Wis., and Lois Schneberger of Scottsdale, Ariz.; five brothers-in-law: Ken (Ethel Mae) Schneberger of New Hampton, James Schneberger of Calmar, Gerry Schneberger of Venice, Fla., Paul (Lori) Schneberger of Mansfield, Texas, and Duane Schneberger, Twin Falls, ID; along with many nieces, nephews and great nieces and nephews.

Anna May was preceded in death by her husband Robert Schneberger; parents: Gerald and Rosalia (Elsbernd) Gorman; one brother: Ardel Gorman. one sister Colette Schaefer; one grandson Troy Kruse; her father and mother-in-law: Hubert and Albina (Huinker) Schneberger; four brothers-in-law:  Robert Schaefer, Leroy Schneberger, Milo Zumach, and Vern Hanken; and six sisters-in-law: Alice Schneberger in infancy, Agnes (Schneberger) Butterfield, Alma Schneberger, Audrey Schneberger, Germaine Schneberger and Marie Hanken.