Carolynn Schneider was born on January 03, 1938 to Viola and Charles Smith in Chicago, Ill. She graduated from Austin High School in Chicago, attended Wright Junior College and Chicago Teachers College in Chicago where she graduated and met her husband, Dick.
She was a member of the following organizations: the P.E.O. Chapter HI in Austin, Texas, Friends of the Buda Library, and St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church
She was an accomplished basket weaver, winning many state awards including 1st place in the state of North Carolina. She was also an accomplished craft person doing knitting, cross stitch, tole painting and crochet.
Carolynn was also an accomplished stamp collector, inheriting and expanding on her father’s stamp collection. Carolynn and Dick celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on Sept. 17.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Viola & Charles Smith of Toman, Wisconsin; son Stephen Schneider of Greensboro, N.C.; and brother Charles Smith Jr. of Chicago. She is survived by her husband Dick Schneider of Buda; son David Schneider of Dover, N.H.; brother Roy Smith of Rock Island, Ill.; many nephews and nieces.
A church service will be at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1 at St. Elizabeth Episcopal Church in Buda and will be officiated by Father Keith Turbeville. Interment will be at All Saints Episcopal Church, Greensboro, N.C. at 11 a.m. Dec. 6.
In lieu of flowers, the family request contributions are made to Friends of Buda Library, P.O. Box 1162, Buda, 78610, contact Bob Elder or 512-312-0111; or Seton Hays Foundation, 6001 Kyle Parkway, Kyle, 78640, contact Michelle Gonzalez, 512-634-6857, or www.setonfoundation.org
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