Mass of Christian Burial for Dennis Schneider, 60, of Lemmon, SD will be Friday, October 5, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. at St. Mary's Catholic Church of Lemmon. Fr. Brian Fawcett will officiate. Burial will be at the Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD at 2:30 p.m. Visitations will be at 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 4 at the Evanson Jensen Funeral Home and one hour prior to the funeral on Friday morning at the church. A parish vigil and rosary will be Thursday evening at 7 PM at the church. A memorial has been established.

Casketbearers will include Kirk, Kent, Todd and Luke Anderson, Stephen Schopp, Wade and Chad Ericsson, with all friends and neighbors considered honorary bearers. Organist will be Mary Nehl.

DENNIS DEAN SCHNEIDER was born on February 8, 1947 to Bernard & Irene (Savage) Schneider in Lemmon, SD. He attended Morristown Public School grades 1-8 and graduated from McIntosh High School in 1965. Dennis is a Vietnam Veteran of the 1st Battalon 12 Car Inf. Division, serving in the United States Army 1967 to 1969. On December 28, 1970, Dennis was married to Cynthia Kay Varland. To this union, two sons were born, Bo and Josh. Dennis owned the Schneider General Store in Morristown before moving his family to Lemmon and serving the community as a Manager at South West Grain. He loved to fish, golf and was proud of his "hole in one".
Dennis will be remembered for his love of family, pride in his work, and caring for his many friends.

Dennis courageously battled cancer for the past 9 months, and passed away on October 2, 2007 with his sons at his side.

Grateful for having been part of his life are his 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, sister, Ellen "Toots" Heathcoat, California, brothers, Lester "Sonny" (Susan) Schneider of McIntosh, SD, Darrell Schneider, Texas, and Ted (Tana)Schneider in Iowa and many special friends.

Dennis was preceded in death by his beautiful wife Cindy, his parents, and mother and father-in-law.