William L. Schroeder 1905-1976

SCHROEDER, KROEGER, STELLWAGEN, JOHNSON, KROEMER

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Date: 7/25/2016 at 09:19:05

28 November 1976 Sun-News

Funeral services were held Saturday, Nov. 20, in Elm Grove Lutheran church, Elm Grove, Wis., for William L. Schroeder, 71, who died Nov. 17 in a Milwaukee hospital after a lingering illness.

Mr. Schroeder was born March 23, 1905, in Lowden to August and Emilie Kroeger Schroeder. He was baptized and confirmed in Trinity Lutheran church in Lowden and attended Trinity parochial school. In 1927 he graduated from Concordia Teachers college, River Forest, Ill. He married Lydia Stellwagen of Stockton, Minn., July 3, 1927, and they made their home in the Milwaukee area. Schroeder was a retired employee of Kearney & Trecker Corp. and operated Schroeder's Catering service in Milwaukee since 1946.

Survivors are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Norris (Shirley) Johnson, Brookfield, Wis.; one son, Leonard, Dallas, Texas; 7 grandchildren and one sister, Mrs. Erhard Kroemer, Lowden.

Attending the services from this area were: Mr. and Mrs. Erhard Kroemer, Robert Kroemer, Howard Kroemer and Eugene Kroemer, all of Lowden; Mrs. Audrey Huber, Cedar Rapids; Mrs. Nick Greiner, Oxford; Louis Schroeder, Bennett and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Schade, DeWitt.