Philip H. Schneider

Philip H. Schneider Philip was born on January 19, 1941 and passed away on March 20, 2018. He came to Wichita in 1967 from the upper foothills of the Catskill Mountains in New York by the way of the University of Iowa, where he received the MFA in creative writing. He joined the faculty of the English Department at Wichita State in that year and spent the next 39 years helping writing students to make their fiction better and literature students to be more understanding readers. His own fiction was published in the Best American Short Stories and in various other literary magazines, and he was an awardee of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, among lesser awards. Philip directed the MFA creative writing program at WSU for a number of years, before his retirement in 2006. He and his dear Kathleen were married in 1969, and he considered that to be the most important aspect of his life. Visitation will be from 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm, Friday, March 23, 2018; Funeral Service will be at 10:00 am, Saturday, March 24, 2018, both at Downing & Lahey East Mortuary. In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established with Eagle Valley Raptor Center, a non-profit organization, 927 N. 343rd St. W., Cheney, KS 67025.