Eighty-three persons
from 10 states attended the Schneider-Taylor family reunion held recently
at the Holiday Inn, West Plains.
Frank X. and Anna J. (Nordmann) Schneider were married Dec. 5, 1865. at
Hermann, and moved from Gasconade County to their farm six miles northeast
of West Plains. Atwood and Lydia Elizabeth Acree Taylor were married April
30, 1876, in Howell County and established their home on a farm four miles
north of West Plains.
Present
for the reunion were descendants of eight of the Frank X. Schneiders'
children. Seven of the Atwood Taylors' children were represented at the
reunion by descendants.
Members of the reunion coordinating committee were: Bill J. Schneider,
Tulsa, Okla., chairman; Charles "Chuck" Taylor, Boulder, Colo.; and Steven
L. Schneider, Bettendorf, Iowa. Assisting with local arrangements were:
Frank J. Schneider, Dexter; Mrs. Doulgas (Lourena) Galloway, and Mrs.
Claude (Mildred) Robertson, both of West Plains. ,
The day's program included registration, visiting in the assembly room
at the Holiday Inn or in homes of local relatives, short trips to places
of interest and displaying and sharing family pictures and genealogy records.
Group pictures
were taken in the afternoon followed by a buffet dinner.
The following family members presented a program of devotional and memorial
numbers: Bill J. Schneider, chairman, gave the welcome, announcements
and reading of names of the 10 children of the Frank X. Schneiders; Charles
Taylor, reading of names of the 10 children of the Atwood Taylors; l,ourena
Galloway read a poem she composed for the occasion entitled "Let Us Remember;"
Lisa Northcutt, Pueblo, Colo., presented a flute solo, "All In The Name
of Jesus;" Jeffry Taylor, Ft. Madison, Iowa, sang a solo, "Rise Again;"
and Eugene Schneider, Odessa, Texas, gave the memorial prayer and invocation.
After dinner, the following persons took part in the remainder of the
program: Orval Koch, Jefferson City, related facts about the Frank X.
Schneider family; Tammy Bickford, Mtn. Home, Ark., recited Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow's poem, "The Village Blacksmith;" Jeffry Taylor led the group
singing of gospel hymns and also sang a .solo; and Mrs. Ernest (Nellie
Dean) Steigers, Juliaetta, Idaho, read a poem she had written for Lourena
Galloway and the reunion. Pianist for the program was Johnny Peoples,
son of Mr. and Mrs. James Peoples, West Plains.
Gifts
were presented to the Rev. Douglas Galloway, West Plains, for being the
oldest person present; Alisha Francis, the three-year-old daughter of
Floyd and Ruth (Schneider) Francis, youngest person present (she received
a toy dog which she named "Schneider"); Loren and Kathleen (Steigers)
Ratliff, Bothell, Wash., and her parents, Ernest and Nellie Steigers,
Juliaetta, Idaho, the family traveling the longest distance; and Frank
J. and Martha Schneider, Dexter, the family with the most members present.
Relatives of the Frank X. Schneider family present were: Orval and Ida Mae Koch, Jefferson City; Ernest and Nellie Steigers, Juliaetta, Idaho, Loren and Kathleen (Steigers) Ratliff, Bothell, Wash.; Alvin and Mable Steigers, Culdesac, Idaho; Carl F. and Wilma Steigers and Chad, Seattle, Wash.; Lawrence and Erma Weatherly, Dixon; Mrs. Louverne (Weatherly) Heard, Edgar and Reta (Heard) Northcutt and Lisa, Pueblo, Colo.; Mrs. Otie (Weatherly) Riggs, Cecil and Jeanne (Riggs) Gilliam, West Plains; Fred and Anna Joyce (Riggs) Warren, Wright City; Frank J. and Martha Schneider, Dexter; Denny and Linda Blake and Robert, Richardson, Texas; Steve L. and Judy Schneider, Bettendorf, Iowa; Floyd and Ruth (Schneider) Francis, Dean and Patricia (Francis) Whiteside, Sandra, Robert and Lanetta, Michael and Jennifer (Cox) Francis and Alisa, West Plains; John and Shirley (Bandy) Bickford. Tammy and John Paul, Mtn. Home, Ark.; Frank Edwin and Dorothy Schneider, Donald and Nancy Schneider, Pekin, Ill.; Owen B. and Jean Schneider, Tulsa, Okla.; and Eugene and Mable Schneider, Odessa, Texas.
Relatives of the Atwood Taylor family present were: Charles Taylor, Boulder, Colo.; Everett and Imogene (Taylor) Davis, Claude and Mildred (Taylor) Robertson, West Plains; Mrs. Melba Taylor, Gary and Barbara Taylor, Jeffry, Laura Ann and Carol Sue, Ft. Madison, Iowa; Mrs. Freda (Bell) Taylor, Edward Taylor, Des Moines, Iowa; and Paul and Bettie (Taylor) Carter,Charieston,W-Va.
