Oda, daughter of Joseph P. and Geraldine M. (Mueting) Preister, was born on Oct. 31, 1951, at the Newman Grove Community Hospital, Newman Grove, Neb. She attended Saint Bernard and Lindsay Holy Family Catholic Schools, graduating from Lindsay Holy Family with the class of 1971. After graduation she worked in Modale, Iowa, for a short time before moving to Florida where she was kept very busy being a caregiver for the elderly. On Nov. 4, 1977, she was united in marriage to William Schneider.

Oda loved coming back to Nebraska to spend time with her large family, sometimes making the trip 2-3 times a year. Besides her siblings she was extremely close to her many nieces and nephews.

Oda is survived by her siblings, and her spouses.

Joyce and Dennis Heimer, Keith (Janice) Preister, Glenda Preister, Verleen Fehringer, Tim (Mary) Preister, Mike (Ruth) Preister, Kent (Pat) Preister, Virgil (Mary) Preister, Patty Svehla, Ted (Andi) Preister.

Preceding her in death are

Oda M. Schneider

her parents, her husband, Bill, in 2016, her brother David Preister, brother Ray Preister, sister Jolene and her husband Joe Svehla, brother-in-law Fred Fehringer, brother-in-law Dennis Svehla, and sister Mary Ann who died in infancy.

There will be no visitation. A Mass of celebrating her life will be held on Friday, March 24, at 10:30 a.m. at Lindsay Holy Family in Lindsay, Neb., with internment at the Saint Bernard Cemetery, rural Lindsay, following the luncheon.