Obituary for Margaret E Schnoebelen (Lemke)
Margaret Elvine Lemke Schnoebelen, age 99, left this world on December 18th, 2018 in New Castle, DE after living a full, interesting and enjoyable life.
Margaret was born to Emmaline Schlump and Peter Lemke September 29, 1919, in Muscoda WI. She graduated from Muscoda High School and attended Madison WI. Business College. After taking a civil service exam she worked at Wisconsin General Hospital in Madison as a secretary, where she met her future husband, Rene E. Schnoebelen, M.D. After a short courtship they were married January 3, 1942. He joined the Navy, that year. Upon completion of his residency in Tulsa, OK, he was ordered to the Pacific Theater in December, 1943. After the war, they settled in Kinsley, KS., where she remained for 69 years. Two daughters were born to this union.
Margaret, known to her many friends as Buzz, liked people and threw herself into volunteer work: The Red Cross and Blood Bank, the local Catholic Church, St. Nicholas, where she was an organist for many years, two school boards, the Kinsley Library Board, and the local Music Club where she helped with many plays. She also served as Chairwoman of Edwards County Republican Party and was a founding member of Kinsley Pride and Twice is Nice consignment shop.
After the death of her husband in 2002, she decided she needed to be nearer to family, so she found an apartment in New Castle close to her oldest daughter and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She completed the move in 2015, reluctantly leaving her friends and relatives behind. She maintained those friendships with frequent calls and letters. She was an eternal and cheerful optimist, never missing the opportunity to bake cookies for someone, feed visitors in her home, and take advantage of any excuse to celebrate something, from an eclipse to hot dog day.
She leaves her daughters, Renee Rousseau (Jerome), Shade Calhoun (Jimmy), three grandchildren, Christian Rousseau (Gail), Stacey Costantino (Jay), and John Calhoun, and three great grandchildren, Grayson Rousseau, Jack Costantino and Ty Costantino, any many other relatives and friends.
A celebration of her life will be held in New Castle at a site to be announced after the Christmas holidays.
A funeral in Kinsley, KS, and burial in a family plot will follow at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be sent to St. Nicholas Community Center and/or Edwards County Hospital in care of McKillip Funeral Home, Box 304, Kinsley, KS, 67547
Margaret was born to Emmaline Schlump and Peter Lemke September 29, 1919, in Muscoda WI. She graduated from Muscoda High School and attended Madison WI. Business College. After taking a civil service exam she worked at Wisconsin General Hospital in Madison as a secretary, where she met her future husband, Rene E. Schnoebelen, M.D. After a short courtship they were married January 3, 1942. He joined the Navy, that year. Upon completion of his residency in Tulsa, OK, he was ordered to the Pacific Theater in December, 1943. After the war, they settled in Kinsley, KS., where she remained for 69 years. Two daughters were born to this union.
Margaret, known to her many friends as Buzz, liked people and threw herself into volunteer work: The Red Cross and Blood Bank, the local Catholic Church, St. Nicholas, where she was an organist for many years, two school boards, the Kinsley Library Board, and the local Music Club where she helped with many plays. She also served as Chairwoman of Edwards County Republican Party and was a founding member of Kinsley Pride and Twice is Nice consignment shop.
After the death of her husband in 2002, she decided she needed to be nearer to family, so she found an apartment in New Castle close to her oldest daughter and her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She completed the move in 2015, reluctantly leaving her friends and relatives behind. She maintained those friendships with frequent calls and letters. She was an eternal and cheerful optimist, never missing the opportunity to bake cookies for someone, feed visitors in her home, and take advantage of any excuse to celebrate something, from an eclipse to hot dog day.
She leaves her daughters, Renee Rousseau (Jerome), Shade Calhoun (Jimmy), three grandchildren, Christian Rousseau (Gail), Stacey Costantino (Jay), and John Calhoun, and three great grandchildren, Grayson Rousseau, Jack Costantino and Ty Costantino, any many other relatives and friends.
A celebration of her life will be held in New Castle at a site to be announced after the Christmas holidays.
A funeral in Kinsley, KS, and burial in a family plot will follow at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be sent to St. Nicholas Community Center and/or Edwards County Hospital in care of McKillip Funeral Home, Box 304, Kinsley, KS, 67547