Schnell, Ann E, 88, of Holiday, passed away peacefully at the Florida Hospital North Pinellas on March 1, 2017. Ann was born on March 29, 1928 in Hackensack, New Jersey. She was the daughter of the late, Ewald and Irene (Vogel) Hagedorn. Ann worked as a bookkeeper for an assortment of companies over the years. She relocated to Florida in 1986, coming from Old Tappan, New Jersey. Ann played and managed the Dumont Dubs basketball team in Dumont, New Jersey. She later was also the President of the Bailey’s Bluff Homeowners Association in Holiday, Florida. In her spare time Ann enjoyed reading, sewing, and cooking but her greatest love was for animals. She was a huge supporter of the SPCA and the Humane Society.

Ann is predeceased by her loving husband of 42 years, Fred Schnell and her sister, Jean Lawyer. Ann is survived by her son, Russell Schnell; sisters, Doris Cerda and June Covert; grandchildren, Krista and Steven Schnell; brother-in-laws, Frank Lawyer and Bill Covert; and her dedicated caretaker, Lois Payne.

A visitation is to take place at the Michels & Lundquist funeral home on Sunday, March 5, 2017 from 3-5 pm. A second visitation is to take place at the Michels & Lundquist funeral home on Monday, March 6, 2017 from 10-11:30 am. A funeral service is to follow at the funeral home at 11:30 am. A graveside service and interment is to take place 1 pm Saturday, March 11, 2017, at the George Washington Memorial Park in Paramus, New Jersey.  Please meet at the cemetery office at George Washington Memorial Park at 12:45 pm and a procession will take place to the grave site at 1:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, Ann’s family requests that donations be made in her name to  SPCA Suncoast.