(Slaton) Rosary services for Charles B. “C.B.” Schniers, 82, of Slaton will be 6:30 PM Tuesday, September 27, 2016 in Englunds Chapel. Celebration of life service will be 10 AM, Wednesday, September 28, 2016 in Slaton’s St. Joseph Catholic Church with Monsignor Bernard Gully officiating. Burial will follow in Englewood Cemetery under the direction of Englunds Funeral Service of Slaton.
C.B. was born January 6, 1934, in Miles, TX to Alphonse and Amalia (Book) Schniers He passed from this life September 24, 2016 in Slaton.
C.B. graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School in Rowena, TX. and began his farming career in the San Angelo area before moving to Slaton in November of 1954 and continued in Cotton Farming until retiring in 2011. C.B. married Dorothy Mae Buxkemper on August 10, 1954 in Slaton. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church; a 3rd degree life member of Slaton’s Knights of Columbus and served on the Slaton Coop Gin Board for a number of years. C.B. served in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1962.
C.B. was preceded in death by his parents, a brother James Schniers and a grandson Joshua in 1993.
Those left to cherish his memory include his wife Dorothy Mae of the home, a daughter, Karla Schniers and a son Craig and wife Angela Schniers; all of Slaton, along with 8 grandchildren and one great grandchild
In lieu the family suggests memorials to to St. Joseph Catholic Church, or your favorite charity
