Ruben Alvin Schnabel

1913 - 2005  (91 years)

• Name	Ruben Alvin Schnabel
  Born	24 Aug 1913	Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Jul 2005	Alexandria, Hanson County, South Dakota, USA
  Buried	13 Jul 2005	Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I110416	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	4 Dec 2015

  
  

  Father	Karl Schnabel,   b. 25 Apr 1885, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 9 Jun 1934, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 49 years)
  Mother	Christina Wiederrich,   b. 22 Jul 1891, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 20 Oct 1965, South Dakota, USA  (Age 74 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1910	Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Family ID	F48521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Inez Ingrid Lunn,   b. 24 Dec 1920, South Dakota, USA ,   d. 5 Jan 2013, Sanford Hospice Cottage, Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, USA  (Age 92 years)
  Married	4 Jun 1944	Tripp, Hutchinson County, South Dakota, USA
  Children	1. David Schnabel   2. Linda Schnabel   3. Jacqueline Schnabel   4. Christi Schnabel   5. Robert Schnabel   6. Michael Charles Schnabel,   b. 13 Jun 1953,   d. 3 Jan 2011  (Age 57 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F48522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). [S25] 1930 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com). Name: Rubin A Schnabel Home in 1930: Sharon, Hutchinson, South Dakota View Map Age: 16 Estimated birth year: abt 1914 Relation to Head of House: Son Father's Name: Chas Mother's Name: Christina Race: White [S927] Obituary. Ruben Schnabel, 91 August 24, 1913 - July 10, 2005 Funeral services for Ruben A. Schnabel were held Wednesday, July 13, 2005, at 10:30 a.m., at Friedens Reformed United Church of Christ, Tripp, with the Rev. Greg Way officiating. Music was furnished by Julie Gray, soloist, and Shelly Finck, organist. Interment was made in the church cemetery. Casketbearers were Tim Getty, Charles Hoenke, Craig Schnabel, Curt Schnabel, Gary Schnabel, and Jim Schnabel. Ruben Alvin Schnabel was born August 24, 1913, at Tripp to Karl and Christina (Wiederrich) Schnabel. He was baptized and confirmed in the Friedens Reformed Church. He attended the Schlenker District #19 country school through the eighth grade. After the death of his father, he assisted his mother with the family farm and the raising of his younger siblings. On June 4, 1944, he married Inez Lunn at the Friedens Reformed United Church of Christ in Tripp. He continued farming and worked for the Lyman County Highway Department until retiring in 1980 and then moving to Alexandria. He was a member of the Grace Reformed Church, Mitchell. He passed away on Sunday, July 10, at Sioux Valley Hospice, Sioux Falls, at the age of 91 years. He is survived by his wife, Inez; six children, Robert and wife, Doris, Presho, David and wife, Anita, Sioux Falls, Linda Schnabel, Sioux Falls, Michael, Hutchinson, Kan., Jacqueline and husband, Jim Rucks, Rice, Minn., Christi Russo, Denver, Colo.; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, Curtis Schnabel and wife, Ethy, Tripp; sister, Lilly Hoenke, Parkston; and sister-in-law, Elizabeth Schnabel, Tripp. He was preceded in death by his parents; and two brothers, Roland and Reno.