Ray County, Missouri Obituaries - August Ferdinand Schroeder b. 1894 - d. January 27, 1954. Source: [probably the Richmond News] "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. Only a few minutes after his wife had chattered with him in his room, she returned to find him dead, death resulting from a heart attack, although he was never known to have had a heart ailment. 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 August (Bobby) Schroeder, 13 years old, 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 Fumeral Home to the family home, West Main St., at 7:00 tonite (Thursday). Honorary Pallbearers for Gus Schroeder Honorary pallbearers for the Gus Schroeder rites Saturday afternoon were: Larry Doering, Cameron; Arthur Woods, Raymond Nance, Art Norman, E. E. Evans, Fowler and Vaughn Wollard, Arvil Rimmer, Fred Taber, J. T. Jones, Jimmie Swafford, John Cunningham, Mack Pearson, Francis Ewer, Tommy Nance, Dr. E. C. Revare, Dr. E. E. Gay, C. E. Alder, Orville Lance, Gene Reyburn, Marion and Eldon Harrison, Bill Joy, Kenneth Norris, Oren Haynes, Charles Armour, Ellis Ellerbeck, Jim and Bud Rosewarren, Paul Griffin, jr., Charles Foster, sr., Charles Foster, jr., Earl Daniel, Carl Smith, Okal Lee, H. W. Sharp, Charlie Cox, Harry Hines, George Hines, Junior Gorham, Wilbert Cox, Jim Johnston, Monroe Evert, Ted Pike and Bryan Moyer. Flower girls were Phyllis Maidment, Buelah Holloway, Ruth, Edna and Nellie Ryan, Roberta Craven and Ethel Mae Whited. Active pallbearers were Curtis Whited, Howard White, Virgil Anderson, Junior Gorham, Grover Swafford and Elmer Lambert. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Robert Schroeder USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or their legal representative, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------