Douglas M. Schnoor

Douglas Martin Schnoor was born December 26, 1946, the son of Martin and Hedwig Schnoor. He died Thursday, December 7, 2017, at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of seventy years.
Doug was born in Ute, Iowa, and was baptized in Christ on January 19, 1947, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Ute, Iowa. He was confirmed at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Ute, Iowa, on April 15, 1962. Doug received his elementary education in Ute, Iowa, and graduated from Charter Oak-Ute High School in 1965. He joined the United States Army in March 1966 and was honorably discharged in February 1968. He was a member of the American Legion Homer Hall Post 66 of Charter Oak, Iowa. Douglas was a member of St. John’s Lutheran Church, Charter Oak, Iowa.
On May 8, 1971, he was united in marriage to Mariann Boettger at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Charter Oak, Iowa. The couple made their first home outside of Charter Oak, Iowa. They were blessed with two daughters and one son. Doug began farming after he was married and also helped area farmers shell corn and bale hay and straw. Doug worked at the Denison Livestock for nearly forty years.
Doug was a loving and caring husband, father and grandfather. He enjoyed playing cards especially Euchre with his family and Old Maid with his grandkids. He enjoyed watching sports and was an avid Iowa Hawkeye, Kansas City Chiefs and New York Yankees fan. In the summer, Doug enjoyed gardening and going to the stock car races at various race tracks. He was a hard and dedicated worker and enjoyed working with livestock and being outside. He loved visiting with everyone he met.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his in-laws; a brother, Myron; and a sister, Linda. Left to cherish Doug’s memory are his wife, Mariann; two daughters, Tammy and husband, Brian, and Tracey and husband, Paul; one son, Troy and significant other, Lindsey; five grandchildren: Shannon and her husband, Barrett, Jennifer, Benjamin, Sarah,and Joseph; one step-grandchild, Doug; two sisters, Theresa and husband, John, and Debra; nephews and a niece; many other relatives and friends.