Dorothy (Schenk) Schroeder 1922-2014

SCHENK, SCHROEDER, SCHULTZ, FORAN, HORSTMANN, ZIESER

Posted By: cheryl moonen (email)
Date: 11/11/2017 at 22:55:24

LA MOTTE, Iowa - Dorothy Schroeder, 92, of La Motte, IA, died Thursday, November 27, 2014, at Luther Manor Nursing Home.

Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Monday, December 1, at St. John Lutheran Church, St. Donatus. Friends may call from 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 30, at the church.

Dorothy Schroeder was born on November 10, 1922, in St. Donatus, Iowa. She was the daughter of Clarence and Edna Schenk. She married Orville Schroeder on October 4, 1921, at St. John Lutheran Church in St. Donatus. She and her husband farmed and raised their family in rural La Motte; he preceded her death on January 14, 1985.

Those left to honor her memory include her children, David (Betty) Schroeder, of Bellevue, IA, Margaret (Jim) Schultz, of McGregor, IA, Karen (Terry) Foran, of Indianola, IA, Annette Schroeder (Charlie Coons), of Minneapolis, MN, and Joyce (David) Horstmann, of Dubuque, IA; grandchildren, Sharyn (Jeff) Bergan, of Norwalk, IA, Sandi Schroeder (Eric Barkema), of Ankeny, IA, Scott (Heather) Schroeder, of Napavine, WA, Jon (Joan) Schroeder, of Woodbury, MN., Sarah (Kyle) Zieser, of Independence, IA, Steve (Angie) Schultz, of Oak Harbor, WA, Ben Horstmann, of Rockport, TX, and Rachel Horstmann, of Eden Prairie, MN; and eleven great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; sister, Darlene Reeg; and grandson, Jonathan Horstmann.

The family would like to thank all of the caring staff at Luther Manor for their loving care.

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, IA) - Saturday, November 29, 2014