Martha Catherine Schneider, 93, of Adams, died at the Adams Health Care Center on Saturday, June 11, 2011.

Martha was born on March 1, 1918, in Johnsburg, Minn. to Math and Emma (Steiger) Rauen. Martha was married on Sept. 1, 1937, to Leo Schneider at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Johnsburg. The Schneiders lived on a farm southeast of Johnsburg until moving to Adams in 1970. Leo and Martha celebrated their 70th anniversary on Sept. 1, 2007.

Martha loved the farm and was Leo’s partner in farming. She was always beside him, picking rock, planting crops in the spring and harvesting in the fall. Her gardens were always free of weeds. She canned all of their garden vegetables and pickles. Martha raised baby chicks, roosters, ducks and geese every year. Her son-in-law, Duane, made special rollaway nests for the eggs to make egg gathering easier. Martha also cooked at the St. John School in Johnsburg and worked at the Libby Canning factory in Rochester.

In their free time, Leo and Martha liked to go Bullhead fishing with Louise and Cliff. Martha also liked sewing, quilting and playing cards. She especially enjoyed getting together with relatives, family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Leo Schneider; granddaughter, Jane Marie Merten; sisters- and brothers-in-law: Bernetta and Joe Mullenbach and Isabella and Jake Rothamel; brothers and sisters-in-law: Art and Rose Rauen, John and LaVera Rauen; nephews Kenneth Rauen and Duane Schneider; nieces, Miriam Schneider and Bernice King.

Martha is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Louise and Duane Merten of Adams; son and daughter-in-law, Clifford and Monica Schneider of St. Clair, Minn.; grandchildren: Jim Merten and Jill and her children Sidney and Maddy of Adams, Ron Merten of Adams, Thomas Merten of Adams, Dan and Pam Schneider of Avondale, Ariz., Joan and Brad Meyer of Dodge Center, Minn., Edward and Tami Schneider of Byron, Minn., great-grandchildren: Haley Merten, Jessica Meyer, Adam Meyer, and Justine Schneider; sisters and brother-in-law: Margaret and William Schneider of Adams, Ardella Gilles of Austin; nieces and nephews

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, June 16, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Thomas Loomis officiating. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Adams. There will be a 5 p.m. Rosary, Wednesday at the Adams Funeral Home, where visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday from 9:30 to 10:30 am.