Last Rites for A. Schneider; Oldest Native
Services for the venerable Albert H. Schneider, aged 78, the oldest native of Oak Park, were conducted Saturday afternoon at Grace Lutheran church, River Forest, with interment in Concordia. He died Thursday, July 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Thoms of 614 Forest, after a several months’ illness.
Mr. Schneider has long enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest native villager, a title given him not because of extreme age, but because he was born in the village and has lived in the community the 78 years of his life.
Mr. Schneider was born in a little house on the northeast corner of Lake and Marion, now the site of the Oak Park Trust and Savings bank, in 1862, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Schneider.
His father, for many years conducted a grocery store at that corner, and later changed to the shoe-maker’s trade.
As a young boy, Mr. Schneider attended the Lowell school, and when he was ready to take up his business life, he went to work for a florist. It was the beginning of a long career in the floral trade, of he later established his won business, with greenhouses at Harlem and Schneider avenues. He also conducted a florist shop, modern and progressive for its time, on the same corner where he was born.
Through many years, Mr. Schneider conducted he is business in the village, but in 1925, he sold his holdings to R. S. Hatch.
Mr. Schneider was married to Wilhelmina Wendt, the daughter of another early family of the village, and they were the parents of five children, most of whom have continued to reside in the community. Mrs. Schneider passed away nine years ago.
Continuing active although of advanced age, Mr. Schneider’s children entertained with a large party for him in 1937, when he celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday. At that time, all were present for the occasion, and eighty guests, his children, grand-children, nephews and nieces participated in the observance.
He leaves his children, Mrs. W. C. Traub, Mrs. Leo Gielow, Mrs. M. O’Connor, Mrs. Thoms, with whom he lived, and his son, Albert A. Schneider.
Mr. Schneider remained active and interested in affairs until recent months. He was an almost daily visitor to the Borrowed Time club’s outdoor checkerboard in Cummings Square while he was in good health and as weather permitted. He seldom was without his cigar and it was almost as much a part of him as his hat.
Mr. Schneider’s passing leaves H. W. Austin as the oldest male native villager having been born in the house in which he still resides. Mrs. J. W. Tope is the oldest living native among women.
Watching Oak Park grow from a virtual prairie, Mr. Schneider often regaled his friends and kinsmen with stories of the early days and how he used to hunt for small game in areas where some of the finest village homes now stand.
—Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 7 Aug 1941, pg. 50
Services for the venerable Albert H. Schneider, aged 78, the oldest native of Oak Park, were conducted Saturday afternoon at Grace Lutheran church, River Forest, with interment in Concordia. He died Thursday, July 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Thoms of 614 Forest, after a several months’ illness.
Mr. Schneider has long enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest native villager, a title given him not because of extreme age, but because he was born in the village and has lived in the community the 78 years of his life.
Mr. Schneider was born in a little house on the northeast corner of Lake and Marion, now the site of the Oak Park Trust and Savings bank, in 1862, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Schneider.
His father, for many years conducted a grocery store at that corner, and later changed to the shoe-maker’s trade.
As a young boy, Mr. Schneider attended the Lowell school, and when he was ready to take up his business life, he went to work for a florist. It was the beginning of a long career in the floral trade, of he later established his won business, with greenhouses at Harlem and Schneider avenues. He also conducted a florist shop, modern and progressive for its time, on the same corner where he was born.
Through many years, Mr. Schneider conducted he is business in the village, but in 1925, he sold his holdings to R. S. Hatch.
Mr. Schneider was married to Wilhelmina Wendt, the daughter of another early family of the village, and they were the parents of five children, most of whom have continued to reside in the community. Mrs. Schneider passed away nine years ago.
Continuing active although of advanced age, Mr. Schneider’s children entertained with a large party for him in 1937, when he celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday. At that time, all were present for the occasion, and eighty guests, his children, grand-children, nephews and nieces participated in the observance.
He leaves his children, Mrs. W. C. Traub, Mrs. Leo Gielow, Mrs. M. O’Connor, Mrs. Thoms, with whom he lived, and his son, Albert A. Schneider.
Mr. Schneider remained active and interested in affairs until recent months. He was an almost daily visitor to the Borrowed Time club’s outdoor checkerboard in Cummings Square while he was in good health and as weather permitted. He seldom was without his cigar and it was almost as much a part of him as his hat.
Mr. Schneider’s passing leaves H. W. Austin as the oldest male native villager having been born in the house in which he still resides. Mrs. J. W. Tope is the oldest living native among women.
Watching Oak Park grow from a virtual prairie, Mr. Schneider often regaled his friends and kinsmen with stories of the early days and how he used to hunt for small game in areas where some of the finest village homes now stand.
—Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 7 Aug 1941, pg. 50
Last Rites for A. Schneider; Oldest Native
Services for the venerable Albert H. Schneider, aged 78, the oldest native of Oak Park, were conducted Saturday afternoon at Grace Lutheran church, River Forest, with interment in Concordia. He died Thursday, July 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Thoms of 614 Forest, after a several months’ illness.
Mr. Schneider has long enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest native villager, a title given him not because of extreme age, but because he was born in the village and has lived in the community the 78 years of his life.
Mr. Schneider was born in a little house on the northeast corner of Lake and Marion, now the site of the Oak Park Trust and Savings bank, in 1862, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Schneider.
His father, for many years conducted a grocery store at that corner, and later changed to the shoe-maker’s trade.
As a young boy, Mr. Schneider attended the Lowell school, and when he was ready to take up his business life, he went to work for a florist. It was the beginning of a long career in the floral trade, of he later established his won business, with greenhouses at Harlem and Schneider avenues. He also conducted a florist shop, modern and progressive for its time, on the same corner where he was born.
Through many years, Mr. Schneider conducted he is business in the village, but in 1925, he sold his holdings to R. S. Hatch.
Mr. Schneider was married to Wilhelmina Wendt, the daughter of another early family of the village, and they were the parents of five children, most of whom have continued to reside in the community. Mrs. Schneider passed away nine years ago.
Continuing active although of advanced age, Mr. Schneider’s children entertained with a large party for him in 1937, when he celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday. At that time, all were present for the occasion, and eighty guests, his children, grand-children, nephews and nieces participated in the observance.
He leaves his children, Mrs. W. C. Traub, Mrs. Leo Gielow, Mrs. M. O’Connor, Mrs. Thoms, with whom he lived, and his son, Albert A. Schneider.
Mr. Schneider remained active and interested in affairs until recent months. He was an almost daily visitor to the Borrowed Time club’s outdoor checkerboard in Cummings Square while he was in good health and as weather permitted. He seldom was without his cigar and it was almost as much a part of him as his hat.
Mr. Schneider’s passing leaves H. W. Austin as the oldest male native villager having been born in the house in which he still resides. Mrs. J. W. Tope is the oldest living native among women.
Watching Oak Park grow from a virtual prairie, Mr. Schneider often regaled his friends and kinsmen with stories of the early days and how he used to hunt for small game in areas where some of the finest village homes now stand.
—Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 7 Aug 1941, pg. 50
Services for the venerable Albert H. Schneider, aged 78, the oldest native of Oak Park, were conducted Saturday afternoon at Grace Lutheran church, River Forest, with interment in Concordia. He died Thursday, July 31, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur Thoms of 614 Forest, after a several months’ illness.
Mr. Schneider has long enjoyed the distinction of being the oldest native villager, a title given him not because of extreme age, but because he was born in the village and has lived in the community the 78 years of his life.
Mr. Schneider was born in a little house on the northeast corner of Lake and Marion, now the site of the Oak Park Trust and Savings bank, in 1862, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert A. Schneider.
His father, for many years conducted a grocery store at that corner, and later changed to the shoe-maker’s trade.
As a young boy, Mr. Schneider attended the Lowell school, and when he was ready to take up his business life, he went to work for a florist. It was the beginning of a long career in the floral trade, of he later established his won business, with greenhouses at Harlem and Schneider avenues. He also conducted a florist shop, modern and progressive for its time, on the same corner where he was born.
Through many years, Mr. Schneider conducted he is business in the village, but in 1925, he sold his holdings to R. S. Hatch.
Mr. Schneider was married to Wilhelmina Wendt, the daughter of another early family of the village, and they were the parents of five children, most of whom have continued to reside in the community. Mrs. Schneider passed away nine years ago.
Continuing active although of advanced age, Mr. Schneider’s children entertained with a large party for him in 1937, when he celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday. At that time, all were present for the occasion, and eighty guests, his children, grand-children, nephews and nieces participated in the observance.
He leaves his children, Mrs. W. C. Traub, Mrs. Leo Gielow, Mrs. M. O’Connor, Mrs. Thoms, with whom he lived, and his son, Albert A. Schneider.
Mr. Schneider remained active and interested in affairs until recent months. He was an almost daily visitor to the Borrowed Time club’s outdoor checkerboard in Cummings Square while he was in good health and as weather permitted. He seldom was without his cigar and it was almost as much a part of him as his hat.
Mr. Schneider’s passing leaves H. W. Austin as the oldest male native villager having been born in the house in which he still resides. Mrs. J. W. Tope is the oldest living native among women.
Watching Oak Park grow from a virtual prairie, Mr. Schneider often regaled his friends and kinsmen with stories of the early days and how he used to hunt for small game in areas where some of the finest village homes now stand.
—Oak Leaves (Oak Park, IL), 7 Aug 1941, pg. 50
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