Obit: Schnabel, Ella Elva (1915 - 2007)

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Surnames: Schnabel, Riedel, Krause

----Sources: Marshfield News-Herald, March 30, 2007

Schnabel, Ella Elva (8 Feb. 1915 - 28 March 2007)

Ella E. Schnabel

NEILLSVILLE -- Ella Elva Schnabel, age 92, of Neillsville, died Wednesday, March 28, 2007, at the Memorial Health and Rehabilitation Center in Neillsville, Wis.

Funeral services for Ella will be held at 11 a.m., Monday, April 2, 2007, at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Neillsville, Wis. Interment will be in the Neillsville City Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Monday at the church.

Gesche Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements.

She was born Feb. 8, 1915, in Neillsville, the daughter of Herman and Amelia (Riedel) Krause. She was united in marriage to Clarence Schnabel on Sept. 21, 1935, in Neillsville, Wis. Together they farmed and raised their family. Later, they moved to Chili and farmed there. After Clarence's death in 1976, Ella moved back to Neillsville, Wis.

She is survived by her son, Dale (Arlene R.) Schnabel of Spencer; six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.