Ann Schnell, 88, entered life eternal on July 14, 2023, in Norwich, Vermont. Ann was born on Feb. 17, 1935, in Canaan, Connecticut, to Alice (Chapin) Hurlburt and R. Walter Hurlburt of Ashley Falls, Massachusetts. Ann graduated valedictorian from Sheffield High School in 1953. Following high school, she attended Hartford Hospital School of Nursing and graduated in 1956. She continued her education at Simmons Nursing College in Boston in 1957/58 with a degree in public health nursing. During this time she met and was courted by Jim Schnell originally from Tonawanda, N.Y. They were married on June 14, 1958 at Old Parish Congregational Church in Sheffield, Massachusetts. While living in Connecticut, Ann and Jim welcomed into life three children: Carl, Carrie, and Joanne. After moving to Youngstown, New York, they completed their family with the arrival of Laura. During this time Ann worked part time as a registered nurse at both Hartford Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut, and Saint Mary's Hospital in Niagara Falls, New York.

In 1968, Jim and Ann moved to Scottsdale, Arizona. While in Scottsdale, Ann worked part-time at Scottsdale Memorial Hospital. Jim, Ann and their children moved to Durango, Colorado in 1975 where Ann began working at Dr. McKinley's office in Durango. The family returned to Scottsdale, Arizona, in 1979 where Ann decided to finish her bachelor's degree in nursing and received that in 1987 from Arizona State University. Always interested in psychology, Ann decided to continue her education and received her Master Degree in Counseling in 1990. Following that, she worked as a counselor at the Family Service Agency in Scottsdale, Arizona and New Covenant Christian Counseling in Mesa, Arizona. She also cared for her mother, Alice Hurlburt while they lived in Arizona. Ann's faith was extremely important to her and she travelled to Russia on a medical mission trip in 1994.

Ann and Jim moved to Grand Junction, Colorado in the summer of 1996 and cared for Jim's parents Eugene and Ruth Schnell and her cousin Elsie Haw. They owned a small peach orchard on Orchard Mesa. Ann found great joy in canning all the wonderful local produce she grew in her garden and purchased at farm stands. Ann Schnell was a member of Canyon View Vineyard Church in Grand Junction where she was part of the Prayer Ministry Team, and volunteered to pray in The Healing Rooms in Grand Junction. She was baptized and made a public profession of faith in 2000.

In June 2017, Jim and Ann moved to Norwich, Vermont to be closer to family and lower elevation. They found an new church home in Wellspring Worship Center in West Lebanon, New Hampshire, and they celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary this June. In the last years of her life, Jim took loving care of Ann at their home with great patience and dedication. Ann was a determined woman persevering through physical ailments and pain. Ann's family is grateful that her suffering has ended and she is reunited with many family and friends in heaven. Always up for a party or gathering, we are sure Ann is enjoying a celebration there. The family is thankful for Sweet Home Care and all the home health aides who helped Ann in the last several years and to the compassionate, attentive care of Bayada Hospice of Norwich, Vermont. The family would also like to thank, with great appreciation, Dr. Cheri Mather MD and Dr. Barbara Lazar MD.

Ann delighted in her children: Carl, Carrie, Joanne, and Laura; her grandchildren: Jon and Brant Arnold, Wyatt and Walter Jordan, Ann and Patrick Osborn and Valentina Schnell; and great-grandchildren Brooke, Kate, Emma Ethan, Adam, Oliver, Rebecca, Charlie Arnold. She was devoted to her family, and treasured the time she spent with them. She was extremely proud of her family and spoiled them with her fabulous cooking and baking.

Ann Streeter Hurlburt Schnell is survived by her husband, Jim, of Norwich, Vermont; her son Carl Schnell and Gabriela Schnell of Lima, Peru; her daughter Carrie Jordan and husband Emmett Jordan of Briggsdale, Colorado; her daughter Joanne Arnold and husband Phil Arnold of Glendale, Arizona; her daughter Laura Osborn and Matt Osborn of Norwich, Vermont.; and seven grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; her brother, Joe Hurlburt of Lancaster, Pennsylvania and seven nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Alice and R. Walter Hurlburt.

A memorial service to celebrate Ann Schnell's life will be held at Wellspring Worship Center at a future date. A private burial in Sheffield, Massachusetts will take place.