Obituary
Harold Schroeder
1910-1998
Harold Christoph Heinrich Schroeder, 88 years, 5 months and 20 days, died Nov. 15, 1998, at the Heritage Care Center in Fairbury, Nebraska. He was born May 25, 1910, on a farm one mile west and 3/4 miles south of Plymouth, to August G. and Sophie Heidelk Schroeder. He was the second of five children, two boys and three girls.
He was baptized June 12, 1910, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Plymouth by the Rev. Max Lehninger.
On June 8, 1924, he was confirmed at St. Paul's United Church of Christ north of Jansen, by the Rev. Emil Vogt. He attended school one mile west of Plymouth at District 43 and finished grade school at District 95, near Harbine.
He was united in marriage to Leola Hacker on Feb. 23, 1933, at Peace Lutheran Church, west of Plymouth, by the Rev. A. Heckel. Three children were born to this union. They were members of Trinity Lutheran Church at Jansen, then at St. Paul's Lutheran of Plymouth, and returned to Trinity after they retired. He served his congregation at St. Paul's as a trustee and member of the building committee to build the new parochial school and at Trinity as treasurer.
He farmed throughout his lifetime: first east of Jansen, then north of Plymouth, and then returned to farm the family farm east of Jansen. In 1968 he semiretired and they moved to a new home on the edge of Jansen. He raised cattle and for years he raised a Charolais Angus herd. They were members of Silver Circle of Plymouth and the card group in Harbine. His hobbies were his horses, collecting many antique wagons and buggies, playing cards and fishing.
Preceding him in death were his parents; brother, Chester; and sister, Jean Darrow.
Survivors include his wife; son, Duane and his wife, Lois; daughters, Joyce Heidemann and her husband, Lee; and Suzanne Heidemann and her husband, Donald, all of Jansen; nine grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; sisters, Lela Daily of North Platte and Ruth Vogel of Peoria, Illinois; brothers-in-law, Gaylord Darrow of Savannah, Illinois, and Alvin Haecker and his wife, Elsie, of Plymouth; sister-in-law, Martha Haecker of Plymouth; and nieces and nephews.
Services were November 19, at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Jansen, with the Rev. Brian Kohl officiating. Music was provided by C. J. Freese and Norma Jean Wurm. Pallbearers were Mark Schroeder, Robert Schroeder, Ron Schroeder, Jarrod Heidemann, Todd Heidemann and Wade Heidemann. Honorary pallbearers were Doug Jiskra, Scott Shepard, Bruce Kobza and Robert Lambert. Burial was in the Fairbury Cemetery.
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