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Shiner Gazette 3 Sep 1981 Yoakum - Funeral services for Alfred W. "Pop" Schroeder, a Yoakum resident who died at 6:50 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26, 1981 in Huth Memorial Hospital in Yoakum, were held Saturday, Aug. 29 at 10:30 a.m. in St. Joseph's Catholic Church with the Rev. Donald Ruppert officiating. Burial was in St. Joseph's Catholic Cemetery in Yoakum. Rosary was recited Friday at 7:30 p.m. in Buffington Funeral Home Chapel. Serving as pallbearers were Benjamin Erdelt, Franklin Erdelt, Edmund Suhr, Larry Wenske, Hugo Schriefer and Francis Marrou. Mr. Schroeder, a retired custodian for the Yoakum Independent School District, reached the age of 75 years, 3 months and 10 days. Mr. Schroeder, one of seven children, was born May 16, 1906, at Cheapside, son of Max Charles and Mathilda (Boedecker) Schroeder, natives respectively of Fayette County and Witting, Lavaca, County, Texas. He was married to Elizabeth Brosch. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Elizabeth Schroeder of Yoakum; a son, Sylvester Schroeder of Houston; three sisters, Mrs. Frank (Tillie) Marrou of Gonzales, Mrs. August (Ann) Gerlich and Mrs. George (Lena) Edwards, both of Houston; a brother, Oscar Schroeder of Inez and two grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his father, Jan. 25, 1972; his mother, Nov. 13,
1972; one son, Kenneth Schroeder, was killed in a car accident in 1954; a
sister, Erna Schroeder, about 1921 at age 14 months; one brother, Max C.
Schroeder Jr., Dec. 10, 1964. Posted by Matt Cross
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