Schroeder, Mary 1862-1949

SCHROEDER, GATZ, ROHLOFF

Posted By: Linda Mohning (email)
Date: 7/17/2011 at 07:13:04

Funeral of Mrs. Maria Schroeder Held At Remsen.
Services were held in Christ Lutheran church at Remsen Thursday afternoon for Mrs. John Schroeder, 86, former resident of Remsen who died Tuesday morning in the home of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Johnson in Paullina.
Mrs. Schroeder had been in failing health since last November and for the last five weeks was a bed patient and under the care of her children and of Mrs. Johnson. In addition, while a resident of Paullina, she was under the spiritual care of the resident Lutheran pastor, Rev. Martin Peters.
Mrs. Schroeder was born November 24, 1862, in the town of Middle, East Friesland, Germany.
On November 7, 1885, in her native home, she was married to John Schroeder, and for 18 year the couple continued to live there, rearing a family. The entire family came to the united States in the spring of 1903 and came directly to Remsen, having been preceded here by friends. After a short time here they established a farm home in South Dakota, later moved to Minnesota but after a few years returned to Remsen, settling on a farm south of town.
The body was taken to the home of her son Herman, near Kingsley, where services were held at one o’clock p.m. followed by services in Christ Lutheran church, Remsen, conducted by the pastor, Rev. A. Noack. Burial was in the Remsen cemetery.
Survivors include five sons and two daughters. They are John Schroeder, Evansville, Minn.; Frank Schroeder, Le Mars; Mrs. Fred (Margaret) Gatz, Minneapolis; A.W. Schroeder, Brook Park, Minn.; Mrs. August (Anna) Rohloff, Waconia, Minn., and Herman Schroeder, Kingsley. There are 38 grandchildren and 31 great grandchildren, and other close relatives in this country and in Germany. – Le Mars Globe-Post, Feb. 28, 1949, page 2.