Obit for SCHROEDER, Yolanda Arlene (b.1922 d.2005), Murray Co., MN
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Yolanda Arlene Schroeder - 1922 to 2005
Lonny Schroeder was born in Nobles County, Minnesota, near Brewster to 
Arthur and Clara Kraft Hill. She grew up on a farm near Hadley, attended 
country school and graduated from Slayton High School in 1940. She then 
graduated from Mankato Business College and worked in finance and bankin 
for a number of years in Mankato. She was very active in the Business and 
Professional Women's Club locally and at the state level. On May 6, 1956, 
she and Milton Schroeder were married at Trinity Lutheran Church in 
Slayton, Minnesota. Following their marriage they lived in Worthington. 
In 1959, they moved to Slayton and bought Midwest Supply with Dorothy and 
Earl DeVine. While she and Milt raised their three children, Lonny 
managed the clothing department at Midwest Supply. Lonny was a member of 
Trinity Lutheran Church and taught art in Vacation Bible School for many 
years. She was active in the community and her neighborhood, and managed 
the exhibit office of the Murray County Fair for 25 years. Coffee 
parties, her birthday club, fishing trips, arts and crafts, shopping and 
spending time with her family were Lonny's favorite pastimes. In 2002 
Lonny and Milt moved to Northfield, Minnesota. Lonny lived in the Three 
Links Care Center until she passed away there on March 30, 2005, at the 
age of 83. 

Survivors include her husband Milt, Northfield; three children and their 
spouses: Sandra (Nathan) Mueller, Eagan, MN; Curtis Schroeder, Fridley, 
MN and Renae (Jim) Buchheim, DeForest, WI; four grandchildren: Nicole 
Mueller, Angela Schroeder, Jacob and Alexander Buchheim; and one sister 
Dolores Ewy, Scottsdale, AZ. She was preceded in death by her parents and 
one sister Dorothy DeVine. 

Funeral services were held on Sunday, April 3, at 1:30 p.m. at the 
Trinity Lutheran Church, Slayton with Rev. John Stern officiating. Kathy 
Schwartz was the organist. Pallbearers were: Denny Beers, Garry Dierks, 
Jim Gerber, Royal Lear, Sam Toner and Tom Wiese. Interment in Slayton 
Memorial Gardens. Memorials to the Three Links Care Center in Northfield, 
MN.