Jackson County IA Archives Obituaries.....Schroeder, LeRoy April 1, 1945
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Maquoketa Community Press, April 5, 1945
Maquoketa Community Press, April 5, 1945 

LeRoy C. Schroeder, Jackson County public official for the past twenty years, 
died in his home in Maquoketa at 5 p.m. Monday following an illness of five 
months duration. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 p.m. in the 
Lutheran Church. Maquoketa business firms will close from 2 to 3 p.m.. The 
REv. Henry Mueller will officiate and burial will be made in Mt. Hope 
Cemetery. The body is at Carson and Balster funeral home where it will remain 
until time of services. 

Mr. Schroeder has been Mayor of Maquoketa for the past seven years, but was 
not a candidate in the recent election. His final term expired at noon Monday. 
He was appointed mayor July 25, 1938 by the City council to fill a vacancy 
caused by the death of W. J. Pendray and had been re-elected to that position 
three times. 

He began his career as a public official more than 20 years ago when he was 
appointed deputy clerk, during which time he studied law and was admitted to 
the bar in 1931. He later served two terms as county attorney. At the time of 
his death he was assistant county attorney. 

Mr. Schroeder was born July 1, 1901 in Clinton County, the son of Chris and 
Amina Kruse Schroeder. He grew to manhood in the Preston Community. On June 4, 
1924, he was united in marriage to Miss Carol Doughty of Fayette. They have 
always lived in this community. 

He was clerk of district court, Jackson county attorney, director and vice-
president of the Recreation Park association and a member of the Jackson 
County Bar association, Commercial Club, Chamber of Commerce, Lutheran church, 
and Isaac Walton League. Surviving are his widow, four children, Asher, a 
prisoner of war in Germany, Murial, Karl and Carol Lee at home; his parents, 
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Schroeder of Preston, two brothers, Herman of Preston and 
Ralph of Maquoketa. His mother is a patient in the LeRoy Hospital suffering 
from a broken leg, the result of a recent fall. Preceding him in death were 
two brothers, Emil and Ed, and a sister, Alfreda. The sympathy of the entire 
community is extended the family in his untimely death. 




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