Magdalene M. "Maggie" Schindler

Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in St. Joseph for Magdalene M. “Maggie” Schindler, age 93, of St. Joseph, who passed away on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at the St. Cloud Hospital. Reverend Greg Miller, OSB will officiate. Burial of the urn will be in the St. Joseph Parish Cemetery in St. Joseph. Visitation will be held from 9:30 a.m. until the time of the service on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church Heritage Hall in St. Joseph.

Maggie was born March 30, 1931 on a farm in St. Wendel Township to Henry and Theresia (Reischl) Schindler, the youngest of eight children. Maggie’s father passed prior to her birth, causing the family to move from the family farm into St. Joseph. Maggie was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, graduating from the parish grade school in 1945. She then attended and graduated from St. Benedict’s High School in St. Joseph in 1949. Shortly thereafter, she went to Ogden, Utah to work for St. Benedict’s Hospital. She eventually returned to St. Joseph and worked as an administrative assistant at the Stearns County Welfare Office, the St. Cloud Children’s Home and St. John’s University School of Theology.

In her younger years, Maggie was very involved in parish life at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church. She was a member of the choir, worked with teenagers in the religious education program, served as stand chair for the annual St. Joseph 4^th of July festivities and served as secretary for the parish council for many years. Maggie was also distinguished as the first female in the Diocese of St. Cloud to serve as a Parish Trustee. She also enjoyed giving of her time and talents by volunteering for Meals on Wheels. Maggie was a talented artist enjoying crocheting, needle point, counted cross stitch, latch hook, painting and woodcrafts.

She is survived by her nieces and nephew, Jane (Stephen) Kirby Deuterman of Port Angeles, WA, Carl of St. Joseph, Mary (Gary) Johnson of St. Joseph and Susan (Brian) Frericks of Emily; great nieces and nephews, Nicole (Aaron) Blackmore, Gregory Kirby, Steven (Jordan) Kirby, Makayla (Jesse) Frericks Holzer and Makenzie Frericks; great great nieces and nephews, Morgan, Logan, and Jackson Blackmore and Sloane Holzer.

She is preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Sr. Dalene Schindler, OSB, Sr. Elaine Schindler, OSB, and Sr. Martina Schindler, OSB; brothers, Joseph, John (Evelyn), Alphonse and Albert Schindler; and great niece, Lindsey Johnson.

As Maggie always said, she never considered money the primary source of wealth, but the many wonderful relatives and dear friends one is blessed with throughout one’s lifetime – and considered herself extremely rich and forever grateful.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are preferred.