Linda Schneiweis was born and raised in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. She attended Lafayette High School and graduated in 1961. She worked in New York City after high school while taking classes at Brooklyn College. She met her husband of 52 years, Howard Schneiweis, on a blind date and they married two years later on November 22, 1970 at Gluckstern's Restaurant on the Lower East Side. Her daughter Staci was born in 1974 and her son Marc was born in 1978. Linda and Howard resided in West New York, New Jersey before moving to their forever home in Edison, New Jersey during the late seventies. Linda is predeceased by her parents Esther and Solomon Fried, her brother Harrold and her son Marc Brian. Surviving her are her husband Howard of Edison, NJ and her daughter Staci of North Brunswick, NJ.