OBITUARY: Oscar J. Schroeder, Mitchell County, Iowa

(St. Ansgar Enterprise-Journal, St. Ansgar, Iowa; 9 JAN 1992)


               Oscar J. Schroeder

Funeral services were held for Oscar J. Schroeder, 70, January 9 at
Immanuel Lutheran Church, St. Ansgar.  Burial was in the Immanuel Cemetery
with full military honors by his comrades of the St. Ansgar Legion Post.
He passed away January 7 at Roschester, Minnesota.

Oscar J. Schroeder was born August 7, 1921 in St. Ansgar, the son of Oscar
G. Schroeder and his wife, Frieda, nee Schroeder.  He was baptized into the
Christian faith by Pastor Paul Brammer at Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran
Church, St. Ansgar, Sept. 4, 1921 with Ed Mielke and Antonia Schroeder as his
sponsors.  He confirmed his baptismal vows April 14, 1935, having been
instructed by Pastor Brammer and remained a lifelong member of the church.

O.J. attended the St. Ansgar schools and graduated from St. Ansgar
High School in 1939.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army and served from 1942 to
1946.  He attended Mortuary School in St. Louis, Missouri and graduated in
1948.  He was united in marriage to Dorothy McGoon November 28, 1948 at
Hampton by the Rev. Dr. Rowley at the Hampton Methodist Church.  This union
was blessed with two sons, Dwight and Melvin.

Mr. Schroeder was involved in the funeral home and furniture store until
his retirement in 1981.  His hobbies included fishing, early morning golf
in his retirement years and gardening.

He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Melvin G. Schroeder
and granddaughter Molly.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy of St. Ansgar; two sons, Dr. Dwight
Schroeder and his family of Cedar Rapids and Melvin Schroeder and family,
St. Ansgar; five grandchildren, Jonathan, Christopher and Elizabeth
Schroeder of Cedar Rapids, and Mitchell and Betsy Schroeder of St. Ansgar.


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