Sherburne-Martin County MN Archives Obituaries.....Schroedel, Mathiaus "Matt" James November 8, 1989 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Connie Ellis daleconnieellis@alpinecom.net December 27, 2010, 4:38 pm Waukon, Iowa REPUBLICAN-STANDARD newspaper Funeral services were held in Sherburn, MN for 85 year old Matt J. Schroedel of Sherburn. He died November 8, 1989 at the Good Samaritan Center in Estherville. The Rev. Virgil Anderson conducted the 11 a.m. services held Saturday, November 11 at Kramer Family Funeral Chapel in Sherburn. Burial was in the Sherburn City Cemetery. Mathiaus James Schroedel was born January 10, 1904 to Mathiaus and Margaret (Hipsch) Schroedel at the "Kid Farm" in Elm Creek Township, Martin County, MN and attended school in Elm Creek Township. He was employed as a trucker and was in partnership with Walter Hanson trucking company in Sherburn. On June 30, 1934 he married Velma Mowery in Sherburn. He continued his trucking business and worked for Kark Appetizer Feeds in Sherburn for 25 years. He had been semi-invalid for seven years due to French Polio and had been a resident of the Good Samaritan Center since June 23. He was a member of St.John's Lutheran Church in Sherburn for 55 years. Surviving are his wife, a daughter, Judy Sinn of Jackson, a son Gerald Schroedel of Waukon, Iowa, two granddaughters, and a sister, Emma Riedel of Sherburn. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Matt Jr., two brothers and four sisters. Casket bearers were Harold Anderson, Armand Cook, Willard Peters, Bruce Schwager, Brian Mowery, and Charles Montgomery. Additional Comments: Submitter is not related. Obituary was in a Iowa newspaper. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/sherburne/obits/s/schroede18nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mnfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb