A celebration of Life for Brian Arthur Schneider, Sr., age 53 of Painesville will be Thursday at 11:00 am at the Spear-Mulqueeny Funeral Home 667 Mentor Ave., Painesville. Family and friends will be received from 2-4 and 6-9 pm Wednesday at the funeral home. The son of Robert T. and Mary G. (George) Schneider was born April 2, 1961 in Akron.

He passed away January 3, 2015 at MetroHealth Medical Center

Brian was a 1979 graduate of Lake Catholic High School.

He was a member of The MOOSE Lodge 490 in Painesville. He also enjoyed motorcycles, 4-wheeling , gardening, and hunting. He especially enjoyed spending time with and bragging about his boys.

Survivors:

Sons, Alex (Carly Oesterle) Schneider of Mentor

Brian (Brittany Arnone) Schneider, Jr. of Mayfield

Mother Mary (George) Schneider

Brothers, Bruce (Leslie) Schneider of Concord Twp.

James Schneider of Painesville

Sisters Judith (Philip) Pisczak of South Russell

Mary Beth (Mark) Savino of Horseheads, NY

Love of his life, Pam Manke of Parma

Preceded in death by his Father Robert, Sister in Law Tomma Schneider, and his best friend, Mike Friedel

In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in Brian's memory to the MetroHealth Burn Unit

(216) 778-5178. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.