Funeral services for Rinel Schneider, age 89, of Mobridge will be Friday at 10:30 AM at Trinity Lutheran Church in Mobridge. Burial will be in the Greenwood Cemetery Mobridge under the direction of Kesling Funeral Home of Mobridge. A prayer service will be held Thursday evening at 7:00 PM at the Kesling Funeral Home in Mobridge. Visitation will be Thursday beginning at 1:00 PM. Military Honors with be provided by the Parker-Browder American Legion Post of Mobridge. Mr. Schneider passed away February 22, 2010 at Mobridge Regional Hospital.



Rinel "Riney" Schneider was born on September 29, 1920 on the family farm eight miles north of Java in Campbell County, South Dakota to Henry and Katherine (Hauck) Schneider. He, and his three brothers and three sisters attended the Kundert Rural School near the Schneider farm.



Rinel was inducted into the United States Army on September 4, 1942 and trained as an Infantry machine gunner. He served his country in England and the WWII battle fields of France. He received a shrapnel wound and was awarded a Purple Heart. Since he could speak German he became an interpreter for the German soldiers imprisoned in a POW camp. Rinel received his honorable discharge from the service on January 13, 1946 as an Army Corporal.



Rinel returned to the Java area to farm with his father and brothers. On August 21, 1949 he married DeLila Stiegelmeier in Java. They moved to a farm one mile northwest of where he was born and continued to raise cattle and grain for 35 years. Rinel and DeLila retired in 1984 and moved into a new home in Mobridge, a home that Rinel lived in until the time of his death.



His retirement was spent traveling and fishing on the Oahe with his wife, helping on his son-in-laws farms, visiting friends, playing cards, gardening and maintaining one of the most beautiful yards in Mobridge. His love of cattle, farming, and of the land remained with him until his passing. Riny was part of a regular coffee bunch in which he could share his wit and humor and pass on stories. His family was very special to Riny, and he was so very special to them.



He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and a past member of St. Paul Lutheran in Java; which he served on the Church Boards in both churches and served on the Kundert School Board. He was also a member of the American Legion and the Mobridge Moose Club.



Rinel is survived by his wife of 60 years DeLila; two daughters, Rebecca (Allen) Walth of Glenham and Pamela (Robert) Seyer of Selby; four grandchildren, Steven (Jennifer) Walth of West Bend, Wisconsin; Kristi (Ben) Dwire, Arco, MN; Kelly (Brian) Vander Weyst of Aberdeen; and Heidi Seyer of Rochester, MN; two great grandchildren; two sisters, Edna Himrich of the Selby Good Samaritan Society and Irene Fiedler of Mandan, ND; and a brother-in-law, Ervin Haux of Selby.



He was preceded in death by his father on Nov. 13, 1966 and mother on June 2, 1979; three brothers, Albert, John and Ted; and one sister, Emma; and his beloved grandson Cody Dean Seyer on October 12, 1998.



Casketbearers are Steven Walth, Ben Dwire, Brian Vander Weyst, Terry Schneider, Doug Schneider, Dan Schneider, Scott Schneider.



Honorary Bearers are Dr. Marciano, MRH Staff, Schneider nieces, Rinel's Coffee Buddies, Neighbors and Friends.



Organist is Elaine Pringle

Duet Harold & Ramona LaBrensz.

Congregational Hymns "Asleep In Jesus" and "I Was There To Hear Your Borning Cry."