Valdine Schneider

Valdine Schneider, 82, passed away on May 14, 2020 at Sanford Medical Center.

Val was born on February 15, 1938, in Wilton, ND, daughter of Harvey and Gertrude Fitzgerald. She graduated from Regan Public School as valedictorian. During high school, she worked as a switchboard operator at the Regan Telephone Company. Val attended college at Valley City and earned her education degree at Mary College. She taught at the Hay Creek country schoolhouse outside of Bismarck and Will-Moore Elementary. Val married John Schneider on December 22, 1957. They had two children, Lonnie and Tamie. She started Val’s Daycare in 1984 when her first grandchild arrived. She had a passion for teaching children and continued in daycare until retirement.

Val and John spent many years in Bismarck, and also Colorado, before officially retiring to Regan, ND, in 2004.

Val always had a beautiful flower garden wherever she lived and was thrilled to find bargains at rummage and auction sales. She also enjoyed riding bike and baking (she made great kuchen).

Val and John lived at Edgewood Vista the last few years. You could usually find them sitting holding hands when you came to visit. Val will be deeply missed by her family and the countless families she touched during her life as a teacher and childcare provider.

Val is survived by her husband John; children, Lonnie (Nancy) Schneider and Tamie Steinman; grandchildren, Rhiannon (Brandon) Stockert, Desiree (Jay Olinger) Steinman, and Tara Schneider; great-grandchildren, Jaime, Sophie, and Samuel Stockert.

She was preceded in death by her parents, brother Bernard, and son-in-law Mark Schulz.

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.