- Date Of Birth: September 29, 1926
- Date Of Death: March 10, 2011
- State: Illinois
Edward J. Schroeder, 84, of Germantown, died Thursday, March 10, 2011 at St. Joseph Hospital in Breese. He was born September 29, 1926 in Bartelso, son of Henry and Caroline (Eilers) Schroeder. He married Dorothy B. Hemann May 4, 1948 at St. Boniface Church in Germantown and she survives in Germantown.
In addition to his wife, he is survived by his eight children, Ronald (Kathy) Schroeder, Henry (fiancée, Lynda Toensing) Schroeder, Daniel (Beverly) Schroeder, Sandra Hustedde, Nancy (Allen) Beckmann, Randall “Rip” Schroeder, all of Germantown, Cynthia (Kevin) Poettker of Highland, and Wanita (Glennon) Gebke of Germantown; 22 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Alvina Heet of Plymouth, IN, Frank (Agnes) Schroeder and Alvin (Wilhelmina) Schroeder all of Bartelso, and Cletus (Dolores) Schroeder of Germantown, and a sister-in-law, Joanie Schroeder of Germantown.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a brother, Henry Schroeder; sisters, Cornelia “Babe” Schomaker, Frances Wiecking, Laurentine Koczur, and Adeline Schroeder in infancy; a daughter-in-law, Elaine Schroeder; and brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, Winnie and Minnie Hemann, Henry Heet, Arthur Schomaker, Oscar Wiecking, Bernie Perr, Henry Koczur, Edward and Marie Hemann, Edwin Hemann, Martha and Theodore Mete. Mr. Schroeder was retired from General Motors Assembly Plant in St. Louis, MO. He was a member of St. Boniface Parish in Germantown.
