Howe - Funeral services for Walter Monroe Schneider were held Thursday morning, April 4, 2019 at Akers Cemetery.  Rev. Butch Schneider and Rev. Steven Medford officiated.  Military honors were presented by  the U.S. Navy.  Mr. Schneider, 98, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2019 at Medical Center of Plano.
Walter was born December 3, 1920 near Gunter, Texas, son of Elo and Allie Cole Schneider and graduated from Howe schools in 1938.  After high school, he worked on a farm before joining the Civilian Conservation Corps.  He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and was stationed on the USS President Polk for 33 months.  Walter participated in numerous operations while located in the Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, Guam, New Guinea, and the Phillipines.
In 1950 he came back to Howe to help his dad put in a Grade A dairy.  Schneider bought the family farm in the Bennett Road and Schneider Road area and later developed the land by building 13 homes.  He moved 4 military barracks that were 2,500 square feet and bricked them and changed the entire structure and made homes from them.  He helped his family by making contractors out of 6 nephews that helped him construct homes.
Mr. Schneider was an avid runner, completing several marathons well into his 50s.  Schneider's hobby as a track coach began when his 9-year-old daughter, Elaine, wanted to enter track meets.  He entered her against boys since there was not a track team for girls in the area.  This developed into the "Roadrunner" track team and Walter continued to coach many local girls who ran for "Roadrunners" during the summers.
Mr. Schneider will be remembere for his generous spirit, always wanting to help others.  He was instrumental in the development and construction of the Howe library and the Luella Water Board, donating land for the first well.
He is survived by a daughter, Elaine Schneider Lankford of Southmayd; son, Wayne Schneider of Kerens, Texas; sister, Betty Williams, of Howe; 4 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Elaine; 2 brothers, Norman and Glen Schneider; and 4 sisters, Eva Fuller, Jessie Hise, Aleta Elliott and Thelma Stroud. - - - Waldo Funeral Home.

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