{"id":19485,"date":"2026-02-18T05:33:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/?p=19485"},"modified":"2026-02-18T05:33:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T11:33:59","slug":"cecelia-schnebly-nee-gall-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/cecelia-schnebly-nee-gall-87\/","title":{"rendered":"Cecelia Schnebly (n\u00e9e Gall), 87"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Shorewood, WI \u2013 Cecelia \u201cCeil\u201d Ann Schnebly (n\u00e9e Gall), 87, of Shorewood, WI, passed away from Alzheimer\u2019s disease on Monday, January 19, 2026. She was surrounded by loved ones and caring professionals in her final days. She will be remembered and missed by many. She loved and was loved by many.
\nCecelia was born in Thief River Falls on September 6, 1938, to George and Mildred Gall (n\u00e9e Svobodny). She attended St. Bernard\u2019s Catholic elementary\/middle school and graduated from Lincoln High School in 1956. In high school, she took her lifelong nickname \u201cCeil,\u201d after the fashion designer Ceil Chapman.
\nAfter graduation, Ceil worked as a telephone operator with Northwestern Bell in Thief River Falls but felt a calling to the Catholic church. On June 24, 1961, she entered Mount Saint Benedict Monastery in Crookston, as a postulant. She was accepted as a novice on July 2, 1962, but departed from the monastery on February 8, 1963, having faithfully completed a
\nformal period of monastic formation.
\nShe returned to Northwestern Bell and transferred to Owatonna, where she met the love of her life, a farmer named Marvin Schnebly, at a dance. They were married on September 20, 1969, and she moved to a farm near Geneva, MN. She left the phone company to become a homemaker, mother, and manage the farm finances. Ceil was also an active member of St. Mary\u2019s church of Geneva, where she served as Secretary of the Winona Diocese Catholic Council of Women for many years.
\nCeil was the mother of three children, Jason, Alan, and Julie, and became \u201cGrandma CeCe\u201d in 2012 when granddaughter, Sanne was born. Being a mother and grandma was one of her greatest joys in life.
\nCeil also enjoyed gardening, photography, traveling, movies and TV, Twins baseball, live performances, board games, and getting together with special friends. But everyone who knew Ceil knew how much she loved to read. Books, magazines, newspapers, and even encyclopedias were devoured everywhere and anywhere. She found everything interesting and was truly a lifelong learner.
\nCeil will be remembered for her kind and generous spirit, her sense of humor, her endless thirst for learning, and her support for many charitable causes.
\nCeil was preceded in death by parents, George and Mildred Gall (n\u00e9e Svobodny); brothers, Tom Gall, David Gall, and Robert Gall; nephew, Dave Marty; and husband, Marvin Schnebly.
\nShe is survived by sister, Mary Jane Marty (n\u00e9e Gall); cousin, Jane Sykes (n\u00e9e Breznay); children, Jason (Kelly Kuenzie) Schnebly, Alan (Tanya Tiffany) Schnebly, and Julie (Nate Keeley) Schnebly; niece, Michelle (Mike) Kane (n\u00e9e Marty); nephew, Jordan Gall; grand-nephew, Jackson Kane; and granddaughter, Sanne Tiffany-Schnebly.
\nA funeral service will be held on Friday, May 22, 2026, at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary Catholic Church, 221 Columbus St., Sun Prairie, WI 53590. Please see FeerickFuneralHome.com for details or contact the family directly.
\nIn lieu of flowers, memorial contributions to the Alzheimer\u2019s Association (alz.org) are greatly appreciated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shorewood, WI \u2013 Cecelia \u201cCeil\u201d Ann Schnebly (n\u00e9e Gall), 87, of Shorewood, WI, passed away from Alzheimer\u2019s disease on Monday, January 19, 2026. She was surrounded by loved ones and caring professionals in her final days. She will be remembered and missed by many. She loved and was loved by many. Cecelia was born in… Continue reading Cecelia Schnebly (n\u00e9e Gall), 87<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19486,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wpscp_schedule_draft_date":"","_wpscp_schedule_republish_date":"","_wpscppro_advance_schedule":false,"_wpscppro_advance_schedule_date":"","_wpscppro_dont_share_socialmedia":null,"_wpscppro_custom_social_share_image":0,"_facebook_share_type":"default","_twitter_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type":"default","_pinterest_share_type":"default","_linkedin_share_type_page":"","_instagram_share_type":"default","_medium_share_type":"default","_threads_share_type":"default","_google_business_share_type":"default","_selected_social_profile":[],"_wpsp_enable_custom_social_template":false,"_wpsp_social_scheduling":{"enabled":false,"datetime":null,"platforms":[],"status":"template_only","dateOption":"today","timeOption":"now","customDays":"","customHours":"","customDate":"","customTime":"","schedulingType":"absolute"},"_wpsp_active_default_template":true},"categories":[15],"tags":[13612,13610,13611,749,13613],"class_list":["post-19485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits","tag-nee","tag-cecelia","tag-gall","tag-obits","tag-schnebly","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19485"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19541,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19485\/revisions\/19541"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trfnews.i234.me\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}