Mary Knodel Schaal -- 1986
Yakima Herald, Yakima Washington  24 August 1986
Obituary file at ASGHR

       Mary M. Schaal, 87, of Wapato died Friday afternoon in Mountain Vista Nursing Home in Toppenish.

        She was born Aug. 7, 1899, in Bethune, Colorado, to Peter and Christina (Dobler) Knodel.  She was reared and educated in Bethune, and married John G. Schaal there Aug. 4, 1921.
 
        The couple lived in Colorado until they moved to the Yakima Valley in 1936.  In 1946, they settled in Wapato, where they farmed.  
 
        She was a member of the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Wapato and the Pilgrim Daughters, the church's women's association.  She enjoyed gardening.
 
        Survivors include four sons, Arthur L. Schaal of Wapato, Leonard and John Schaal, both of Eureka, California, and Louis Schaal of Long Beach; three daughters, Mrs. Violet Vollmer of Pasco, Mrs. Esther Smith of Chico, California, and Mrs. Leah Walker of Granger; a sister, Mrs. Matt Schaal of Straton, Colorado; 16 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
 
        Her husband died July 10,1962.

         Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in Merritt Funeral Home in Wapato.  Burial will be in the Reservation Community Memorial Park west of Wapato.