{"id":18638,"date":"2025-09-16T15:56:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:56:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=18638"},"modified":"2025-09-16T15:56:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T20:56:43","slug":"john-schnepper-68-of-clay-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/18638-john-schnepper-68-of-clay-city\/","title":{"rendered":"John Schnepper (68) of Clay City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>John Schnepper, age 68, of Clay City, Illinois, passed away peacefully on the morning of September 13, 2025, at HSHS St. Anthony&#8217;s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, surrounded by his loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>He was born on March 1, 1957, in Flora, the son of Junior and Evelyn (Devore) Schnepper. John grew up in Clay City, where he developed a love for the outdoors and hard work. He worked for Abbott Tank Company, got his hands dirty at Harvel Fertilizer, and later laid carpet for Vaughn\u2019s Furniture. But it was at North American Lighting (NAL) in Flora where John would leave his<br \/>\ngreatest professional mark, dedicating over 24 years as a skilled and dependable technician. John was an avid hunter and looked forward to the time spent outdoors with his family. He took great pride in his home and loved doing yard work, gardening, and relaxing on the back porch with a cold beer. John also loved his truck and keeping it spotless, because in his words, \u201ca vehicle drives better when it\u2019s clean.\u201d On March 2, 1996, John married the love of his life, Kristina Butcher. He was a devoted husband, proud father, and loving<br \/>\ngrandfather.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his wife; 4 children: Michael (Michelle) Schnepper, Emily (Scott) Riggs, Hanna (Matt) Page, and Abbey Schnepper; 12 grandchildren: Quentin Grayson, Macie Schnepper, Isabella Grayson, Lauren Schnepper, Harper Page, Hazel Page, Carter Roberson, Cooper Roberson, Halle Page, Moriah Felter, Malynda Waite, and, arriving in December, Macaulay Page. He is also survived by his father-in-law: Pete Butcher; brothers: Gary (Linda) Schnepper, Paul (Regina) Schnepper, and Glen (Linda) Schnepper; sister: Barbara (Dana) Milligan; sister-in-law: Cathy Schnepper; and several nieces and nephews.<\/p>\n<p>He was preceded in death by his parents: Junior and Evelyn Schnepper; brother: Danny Schnepper; grandson: Christopher Riggs; and mother-in-law: Jencie Butcher.<\/p>\n<p>A celebration of John\u2019s life will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, September 19, 2025, at Frank &amp; Bright Funeral Home in Flora with Tim Schnautz officiating. Interment will follow in Dillman<br \/>\nCemetery. Visitation will be from 5 until 7 p.m. on Thursday evening at the funeral home. John\u2019s wishes were for donations to be used for a local charitable need. A list of suggestions will be<br \/>\nprovided at the funeral home, and these will be accepted through the funeral home. To share a condolence or memory, visit: www.frankandbright.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John died the morning of September 13th<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":18639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>John Schnepper (68) of Clay City - Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader, 979XFM and KJ Country 102.3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Effingham&#039;s News and Sports Leader\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/18638-john-schnepper-68-of-clay-city\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"John Schnepper (68) of Clay City - 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