Edwin Jorden Schroeder

1921 - 2011  (90 years)

• Name	Edwin Jorden Schroeder  [1, 2]
  Birth	3 Apr 1921	Virginia, Cass, Illinois   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Dec 2011	Peoria, Peoria, Illinois   [2, 3]
  Burial	Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois   [2]
  Person ID	I343323	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	25 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	William F. Schroeder
  Mother	Emma Jorden
  Family ID	F220220	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothy Mae Seeman,   b. 20 Aug 1923, Bluffs, Scott, Illinois d. 17 Feb 2015, Peoria Heights, Peoria, Illinois (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	18 Aug 1946	Bluffs, Scott, Illinois   [4]
  Children	1. Linda Schroeder   2. William Schroeder
  Family ID	F220215	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2023

  
  

• Notes

  The Peoria Journal Star (IL) January 3, 2012 PEORIA HEIGHTS - Edwin "Ed" Schroeder, 90, a longtime resident of Peoria Heights, passed away at 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 2011, at Lutheran Hillside Village. Born April 3, 1921, in Virginia, Ill., a son of William and Emma Jorden Schroeder, Ed married Dorothy M. Seeman on Aug. 18, 1946, in Bluffs, Ill. She survives. Also surviving are one daughter, Linda (Bill) Gauwitz of Metamora; one son, Bill (Vicki) Schroeder of Dunlap; three grandchildren, Chris Anello of Pekin, Mike Gauwitz of Las Vegas, Nev., and Jeff Gauwitz of Washington; four great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandson. Ed was preceded in death by three brothers, Herb, Lloyd and Alfred "Skip." He was a WWII Army Air Forces veteran and a lifetime member of VFW Post 2602. He was also a member of the American Legion Peoria Post 2 and AMVETS Post 64. Ed worked for the U.S. Post Office, retiring as a postal clerk in 1978.

  
  

• Sources

  [S77345] Obituary, The Deseret News (Salt Lake City, UT), Harold Francis Seeman, (January 5, 1992). [S71911] Cemetery index, Swan Lake Memory Gardens, Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, (Find-a-Grave). [S77349] Obituary, The Peoria Journal Star (IL), Edwin Schroeder, (January 3, 2012). [S77347] Obituary, The Peoria Journal Star (IL), Dorothy M. Schroeder, (February 22, 2015).