Obituary of Muriel Schneider

Albany Schneider Muriel Schneider age 98, died on June 11, 2010, at the Daughters of Sarah Nursing Center in Albany with the passing THE PASSING OF MY MOTHER, MURIEL SCHNEIDER, AN ERA OF WORLD AND AMERICAN HISTORY COMES CLOSER TO BEING AVAILABLE ONLY IN HISTORY BOOKS. MY GRANDFATHER, MORRIS RITERSKY,ARRIVED AT ELLIS ISLAND IN 1913. MY GRANDMOTHER SIMMA (GRABER), MY AUNT EDITH (MEDWIN), AND MY MOTHER STAYED IN POLAND UNTIL 1920. THIS WAS DONE SO THAT MY GRANDFATHER COULD EARN ENOUGH FOR PASSAGE TO REUNITE HIS FAMILY.  MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT A FARM IN EAST SCHODACK, N.Y. TO AVOID BRINGING HIS FAMILY TO NEW YORK CITY.  MY MOTHER MARRIED THE LOVE OF HER LIFE, SOL SCHNEIDER WHO ALSO ARRIVED IN THE LAND WHERE THE STREETS ARE PAVED WITH GOLD AT AROUND THE SAME TIME.  MY MOTHER WAS VERY DEVOTED TO MY GRANDPARENTS. WE SPENT SUNDAYS AND ALL HOLIDAYS AROUND THE HUGE DINING KITCHEN TABLE ENJOYING THE HEAT AND SMELLS EMANATING FROM HER KALAMAZOO STOVE. THERE WAS A SENSE OF WARMTH, SECURITY, AND OLD EUROPEAN CULTURE THAT WE WISTFULLY TRY TO GRASP IN TODAY'S COMPLICATED WORLD.  I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT NO ONE ELSE I KNEW HAD LAMB CHOPS FOR LUNCH ON A SCHOOL DAY.  LIFE WAS FULL. WE ALWAYS FELT SECURE.  MY MOTHER'S MEMORY WILL ALWAYS BE IN THE HEARTS OF MYSELF (WARREN), MY WIFE DIANNE, MY SISTER MARLAINE AND HER HUSBAND ROBERT (PAONE). ALSO TWO MORE GENERATIONS WHICH INCLUDE MY SON MATTHEW, HIS WIFE JUDITH, AND OUR FUTURE, THEIR DAUGHTER NICOLE. MY DAUGHTER STEPHANIE SUSLACK AND HER HUSBAND NEIL. LASTLY THEIR TWO DAUGHTERS, FIONA AND ESME'.  Graveside services will be held at Temple Israel Cemetery, Western Avenue Guilderland, NY on Monday June 14, 2010 at 1:00pm. will be held graveside on Monday June 14, 2010 in Temple Israel Cemetery, Western Avenue, Guilderland at a time to be announ