Elizabeth Verl "Betty" (Case) Schnell
Marriages
George Schnell - May 10, 1941
Burial Details
Obituaries
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 7B Death Notice - December 27, 2013
Elizabeth “Betty” V. Schnell, 92, Grand Junction, died Dec.
22, 2103, at her home.
Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 4 at Martin Mortuary. Services
will be at 11 a.m. Jan. 5 at Seventh Day Adventist Church, followed
by burial at Cedaredge Cemetery.
Ms. Schnell was a homemaker.
She is survived by three sons, Richard LeRoy, Max Devon
and Daniel George, all of Grand Junction; one daughter, Janice
Elaine Anderson of Grand Junction; 12 grandchildren; and nine
great-grandchildren.
Grand Junction Daily Sentinel page 3D Obituary - December 29, 2013
August 29, 1921 - December 22, 2013
Elizabeth Verl Case was born
to George and Minnie J. Case in
Comanche, Montana on August
29, 1921. She died on December
22, 2013 at home.
The youngest of 12 children,
Betty loved the Lord with all
her heart and more than that,
she lived her faith. “Everyone
who knew mom, loved her,” said
Janice Anderson, Betty’s oldest
child and only daughter. She was
a devoted and loving daughter,
wife, mother, grandmother,
great grandmother and friend.
She loved to read, cook, garden,
sew and reminisced about family
with photos and the diaries
she kept her whole life. She
looked forward to one day being
reunited with her loved ones who
had passed.
Betty moved with her family from Montana to Cedaredge,
Colorado in 1931. She met her husband-to-be, George Schnell, at
the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Cedaredge in 1938. Six years
her senior, George always said it was love at first sight. The couple
married in Moab, Utah, on May 10, 1941. Betty and George raised
four children, Janice Anderson, Richard, Max and Daniel.
With Betty often times working right alongside, George built
houses, offices, apartments and churches in Cedaredge, Delta,
Montrose, Fruita and Grand Junction, as well as churches in Alaska
and Central America, for close to 40 years. “Dad always gave mom
the credit for his success because he said she knelt beside their bed
and prayed every night of their life together,“ Janice said. After
retiring, the two traveled extensively, touring much of the United
States, Mexico, Canada, the Holy Land and the Mediterranean.
She was preceded in death by parents; her 11 siblings and her
husband of 62 years.
She is survived by her four children, Janice, Richard (Wendy),
Max, and Daniel; 12 grandchildren, Dirk, Jared and Seth Anderson;
Angela, Rana, Ross and Rand Schnell; Jamie, Caramie Schnell
Petrowsky and Ryan Schnell, Christopher and Dustin Schnell, and
Yadira Hernandez; and nine great-grandchildren.
“Grandma Betty was someone whom people always knew was on
their side,” said Dirk Anderson, Betty’s oldest grandson. “I didn’t
know anyone who didn’t just adore grandma.
A viewing will be held at Martin Mortuary from 4 - 6:00 p.m. on
January 4. The funeral will be held at the Seventh Day Adventist
Church at 730 Mesa Avenue in Grand Junction at 11:00 a.m. on
January 5, followed by internment at Cedaredge Cemetery.
