Carroll County, Missouri Obituary - August Ferdinand Schroeder d. January 27, 1954 Transcription of original newspaper obituary From the Richmond, MO News Date unknown Submitted by Robert Schroeder 29 Dec 2008 August Ferdinand Schroeder "Gus Schroeder Dies Suddenly" "Rites, 2:00 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church" The death at 6:45 Wednesday evening of Gus Schroeder, a Richmond mechanic, came as a shock to relatives and friends for apparently he was recovering nicely from an operation, which he underwent more than two weeks ago. He had returned to his home at 527 W. Main St., Saturday and on Wednesday afternoon had been visited by his physician who said he was doing all right. Funeral services will be conducted at 2:00 p.m., Saturday at the Richmond Baptist Church, the Rev. Phil Williams, assisted by the Rev. John Crutchfield, officiating. Burial will be at Woodland Cemetery under the direction of the Carter Funeral Home. August F. Schroeder was born Feb. 27, 1894 at Norborne, the son of Henry Christian Schroeder of Germany and Carrie (Theener) Schroeder of Illinois. He lived in Ray County for approximately 27 years. For the past four years he had operated his own mechanic shop at his home, and prior to that had been a mechanic for Davis and Child of Richmond. He was married to Miss Juanita Swafford of Rayville on July 29, 1939. He is survived by his wife of the home and one son, Robert Schroeder, also of the home; one sister, Mrs. Anna Henks, St. John, Kan.; three brothers, Chris Schroeder, Louis Schroeder, Odessa, Mo; Amil Schroeder, Freeman, Mo. The body will be taken from the Carter Funeral Home to the family home, West Main St., at 7:00 tonite (Thursday). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Robert Schroeder USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities, when written permission is obtained from the contributor, so long as all notices and submitter information are included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ------------------------------------------------------------------------