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The Mass of Christian Burial for Susan K. Schneider, age 73 of McIntosh, will be held at 1:00pm MT Wednesday, January 26, 2022 at St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church in McIntosh with Fr. Adam Hofer, officiating.

The Mass will be live streamed on the website www.evansonjensenfuneralhome.com and going to Sue's obituary and clicking on "View Funeral Service Here".

Burial will be held at 1:00pm Thursday, January 27, 2022 at Black Hills National Cemetery near Sturgis, SD with Fr. Tony Grossenburg, officiating.

Military Honors will be afforded by the Ralph T. Ankerson American Legion Post #139 of McIntosh and the Sturgis Veterans Honor Guard.

Visitation will be on Tuesday at St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church in McIntosh from 5:00 to the time of the Rosary Service at 7:00pm; and Wednesday from 12:00 noon to the time of the Mass at 1:00pm.

Serving as casketbearers are Mike, Jim, Joe, Tom, Rich Nehl; Joey Puetz, Payton and Coy Olson.  Honorary Casketbearers are Sue's nieces and nephews.

SUSAN KATHERINE NEHL "Sue" was born on May 9, 1948 in Lemmon, SD to Mark and Evelyn (Short) Nehl.  She grew up in Keldron where she attended school and graduated from Lemmon High School in 1966.  Sue was Homecoming Queen, a cheerleader, and participated in school plays, and served on the Student Council as Vice President and on the school Rifle Team.

Sue attended Radiology Tech School in Minneapolis, MN and later on received nuclear training in Salt Lake City, UT.

Sue enlisted into the US Army on July 21, 1967 where she served in Germany, Washington, DC; and Utah.  She earned the Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.  Sue was honorably discharged on July 11, 1970.

Sue continued working as a rural mail carrier in the Keldron area and with her husband operated Shadehill store until moving to Sisseton in 1983 where she worked for IHS and Cateau Hospital.  Les and Sue returned to McIntosh in 2001 where she continued to work for the IHS.  She retired after 32 years in November of 2011.  Following her retirement from radiology, she became "Grandma Sue" to her special little ones, Henry, Zella, Tayson, and Will.

Sue passed from this life suddenly on Friday, January 21, 2022 at the Mobridge Regional Hospital.

She was a member of St. Bonaventure's Catholic Church in McIntosh and St. Peter's Catholic Church in Sisseton.  She taught many years of Catechism and did various things in the churches from lecture's to taking communion to shut in's, you name it she did it; making prayer blankets, and cancer blankets with the CKC "Community Kicking Cancer" group.

Keeping her in their fondest memories are her husband, Lester, McIntosh, SD; children, Seth and Amber, and their children, Oliva, Ryan, and Kora, Marion, IN; Sonya and her husband Joey Puetz, and their children, Payton and Coy, Mitchell, SD; Justin and his wife Brittany, and their children, Ivy and Braelyn, Watauga, SD; her siblings, Mike and Cheri Nehl, Belle Fourche, SD; Jim and Linda Nehl, Keldron, SD; Joe and Vicky Nehl, Worland, WY; Tom Nehl, Upton, WY; Rich and Bonnie Nehl, Butte, MT; Bill and Shirley Struble, Rapid City, SD; brothers and sisters-in-law, Darrell Schneider, Gun Barrel City, TX, Ted (Tana) Schneider, Spencer, IA; Ellen (Toots) Heathcoat, Martinez, CA; Brenda Schneider, McIntosh, SD; and numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister-in-law, Evie Nehl; her mother and father-in-law, Bernard and Irene Schneider, brother and sister-in-law, Dennis and Cindy Schneider; a nephew, Collin Schneider.

Cards can be mailed to Lester Schneider, PO Box 417, McIntosh, SD  57641.