Mass of Christian Burial for Cindy Schneider, 57, of Lemmon, SD will be Friday, August 10, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon. Fr. Brian Fawcett will officiate.

A rosary service will be held at 6:30pm on Thursday evening at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Lemmon.

Burial will be on Monday, August 13, 2007 at 1:30 p.m. at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD.

CYNTHIA KAY VARLAND was born on January 21, 1950 to Charles and Catherine (Nehl) Varland at Lemmon, SD. She attended elementary school at Fee School and in Morristown, SD. Cindy graduated from McIntosh High School in 1968 and from Northern State University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education in 1971. On December 28, 1970, Cindy was married to Dennis Schneider. To this union, two sons were born, Bo and Josh. She began her teaching career at Norris, SD where she taught Kindergarten and 1st Grade before moving to Colony, WY to also teach. In 1976, they moved back to the Lemmon area where she continued to teach. She continued her own life-long education and graduated from South Dakota State University in 1989 with a Master's Degree in Elementary Administration. Cindy continued to teach and served as the Elementary Principal for several years and also spent two years as the Elementary Principal in Eagle Butte, SD. She was very active in state and national principal's associations and in 2002, Cindy was the National Distinguished Principal for South Dakota.

Cindy courageously battled cancer for a year, but passed away on August 6, 2007 with her family at her side.

Grateful for having been a part of her life are her husband, Dennis, of Lemmon, SD; her sons, Bo and wife Dawn (Haag) Schneider and grandchildren, Savannah and Wyatt, of Helena, MT and Josh and wife Kim (Merchen) Schneider and granddaughter, Kylie, of Rapid City, SD.

Cindy was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Dennis Varland and her mother and father-in-law.

A Memorial has been established by her family.