OBITUARY: LaDonna Mae Schneider

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NEWTON—LaDonna Mae Schneider, 83, died Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at NMC Health Center in Newton.

She was born on Dec. 12, 1938, in Seminole, Okla., the daughter of James A. and Agnes Bethel Reinhart. LaDonna graduated from high school in Flora, Ill..

Later returning to Oklahoma, LaDonna eventually moved to Wichita. While working as a dispatcher at M. Bruenger Trucking in Wichita, she met Robert Hilton Schneider. They were married on Oct. 10, 1975, in Wichita.

LaDonna and Bob became agents for Keystone Lines and Malone Trucking, and they later would become independent ICC Logistics Brokers under the name Bo-La Services until retiring in 2000.

She was a very active member of the First Church of God in Newton.

Survivors include her children, Kevin Hudson and wife Sharon of Newton, Brian Keith Hudson of Newton, Brenda Brown and husband Ron of Abilene, Kan., Dawn Long and husband Roger of Lenexa, Kan., and Chandra McCoy and husband David of Avondale, Ariz.; daughter-in-law, Shelley Hudson of Independence, Kan.; 18 grandchildren; and 30 great-grandchildren.

LaDonna was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Bob, on Nov. 10, 2019; son, Kenneth L. Hudson; brother, James Reinhart; and sister, Betty Reinhart.

Memorial services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, July 2, at the First Church of God in Newton. Inurnment will be in the Restlawn Garden of Memories outside of Newton.

A memorial has been established with the First Church of God, and contributions may be sent to Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, 120 E. Broadway, Newton, KS, 67114.

Condolences may be left at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.

Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial Funeral Home, Newton.

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