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Leona Mary Ostdiek Schroer

Birth	:	19 Apr 1907 Lawrence, Nuckolls County, Nebraska, USA
Death	:	4 Mar 1989 Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, USA
Burial	:	Bush Cemetery, Union Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.5233002, -83.5081024
Plot	:	Section W Block 7
Description	:	Leona M. Ostdiek Schroer, 81, of Lawrence died Saturday, March 4, 1989 in the Mary Lanning hospital (sic) in Hastings. Rosary services were at 7:30 Tuesday evening at Sacred Heart Church in Lawrence. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the church with the Revs. Melvin Rempe and Gary Gross officiating. Burial was in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Mrs. Schroer was born April 19, 1907, in Lawrence. She attended a business college in Grand Island and worked in Hastings before being employed by the Lawrence bank for a number of years. She married Harold "Butch" Schroer April 10, 1936 in... Read More	Leona M. Ostdiek Schroer, 81, of Lawrence died Saturday, March 4, 1989 in the Mary Lanning hospital (sic) in Hastings. Rosary services were at 7:30 Tuesday evening at Sacred Heart Church in Lawrence. Funeral services were at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in the church with the Revs. Melvin Rempe and Gary Gross officiating. Burial was in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Mrs. Schroer was born April 19, 1907, in Lawrence. She attended a business college in Grand Island and worked in Hastings before being employed by the Lawrence bank for a number of years. She married Harold "Butch" Schroer April 10, 1936 in Lawrence. He died March 19, 1987. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Church and Altar Society, American Legion Auxiliary of Lawrence and the VFW of Deweese. Survivors are one son, William of Lawrence; two daughters, Mrs. Jack (Arlene) Lemke of Lawrence and Mrs. Donald (Dianne) Meyerson of Denver; three brothers Lawrence, Ernest, and Clarence Ostdiek all of Lawrence; two sisters, Dora Hoelting of Kearney and Hilda Rempe of Superior; nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The Lawrence Locomotive (Lawrence, NE), Thursday, March 9, 1989; pg. 1 ======== Reverend Gary Gross, pastor of Sacred Heart Church and Reverend. Melvin Rempe con-clebrated (sic) the Mass of the Resurrection at the Funeral Services for Leona M. Schroer on Wednesday, March 8, 1989 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Lawrence. Rev. Rempe, is the nephew of Mrs. Schroer. Acolyte for the mass was Clarence Ostdiek, a brother of the deceased. Pallbearers were six nephews: Marian Ostdiek, Walter Ostdiek, Vernon Rempe, Ronald Ostdiek, Vincent Ostdiek and Richard Hoelting. Music at the services were provided by Linda Ostdiek organist and Sherry Buescher was song leader. Burial was in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Rosary services were held Tuesday evening at the church. Leona am. Schroer was born April 19, 1907 on a family farm southeast of Lawrence, one of 10 children of Christopher and Sophia (Stritt) Ostdiek. She grew to be a young woman in the area attending St. Stephen school and later the Grand Island Business College. She was employed for time at the Security State Bank in Lawrence. She was married to Harold W. Schroer on April 20, 1936 at St. Stephen C. To this union four children were born. Leona was a loving mother and wife, devoted to her family, church, community and nation. Much of her spare time was spent in the service of the Sacred Heart Altar Society, the American Legion Auxiliary and in her later years, the Deweese Little Blue VFW Auxiliary. Leona enjoyed traveling in her later years and was the family correspondent with many distant cousins and other states and even in Germany. She was preceded in death by her parents, Chris and Sophia Ostdiek; her husband, Harold; one son who died at birth; three brothers: Ferdinand, Alphonse and Hubert; and one sister Katheryn Brockman. She is survived by two daughters: Arlene (Mrs. Jack) Lemke of Lawrence and Diane (Mrs. Don) Meyerson of Denver, Colorado; one son: William of Lawrence: two sisters Hilda Rempe of Superior, NE. and Dora Hoelting of Kearney, NE.; and three brothers Lawrence Ostdiek, Ernest Ostdiek and Clarence Ostdiek all of Lawrence; 9 grandchildren, 5 great-grandchildren and nieces and nephews. Out-of-town friends and relatives attending the funeral came from Canon City, Colorado, Kansas City, Kansas; Denver, Colorado; Cheyenne, Wyoming; Wichita, Emporia and Bird City Kansas; Hebron, Benkleman, Superior, and Wood River, Gretna, Blue hill (sic), Grand Island, Shelby, Hastings, Oxford, Kearney and McCook, Nebraska. The Lawrence Locomotive (Lawrence, NE), Thursday, March 16, 1989; pg. 1

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Leona Mary Ostdiek Schroer's memorial is located at: Bush Cemetery, Union Township, Fayette County, USA.
When did Leona Mary Ostdiek Schroer death?
Leona Mary Ostdiek Schroer death on 4 Mar 1989 in Hastings, Adams County, Nebraska, USA
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Latitude: 39.5233002
Longitude: -83.5081024

Family Members:

Parent

Christopher “Chris” Ostdiek

(1853 - 1935)

Sophia Stritt Ostdiek

(1870 - 1943)

Spouse

Harold William “Butch” Schroer

(1911 - 1987)

Siblings

Kathryn Mary Ostdiek Brockman

(1888 - 1982)

Ferdinand John Ostdiek

(1891 - 1962)

Infant Son Ostdiek

(1893 - 1893)

Lawrence H. Ostdiek

(1894 - 1997)

Dorothy “Dora” Ostdiek Hoelting

(1896 - 1993)

(1898 - 1964)

(1900 - 1900)

(1902 - 1998)

(1905 - 1979)

Clarence Joseph Ostdiek

(1910 - 1991)

Hilda Agnes Ostdiek Rempe

(1913 - 2014)

Children

William Leon “Bill” Schroer

(1941 - 2015)

Flowers:

Nearby Cemetories:

1. Bush Cemetery
Union Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5233002, -83.5081024

2. Feagins Cemetery
Union Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5241740, -83.5082010

3. Highlawn Memory Gardens
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Coordinate: 39.5231018, -83.4935989

4. Mark Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5036011, -83.5141983

5. Sugar Creek Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5486731, -83.5093636

6. Coil Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5486946, -83.5094604

7. Sugar Creek Baptist Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5553398, -83.4918632

8. Asbury Chapel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5135700, -83.5542150

9. Hyer Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.4928017, -83.4677963

10. Perrill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5374100, -83.5665610

11. Mallow-Perrill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5374985, -83.5667038

12. Staunton Methodist Church Cemetery
Staunton, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4757996, -83.4807968

13. Old Washington Cemetery
Washington Court House, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5335999, -83.4411011

14. Carmean Cemetery
Staunton, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4785995, -83.4697037

15. Saint Colmans Cemetery
Washington Court House, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5363998, -83.4253006

16. Parrott Marshall Cemetery
Washington Court House, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5914001, -83.5141983

17. Irion Cemetery
Union Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4719670, -83.4443260

18. Washington Cemetery
Washington Court House, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5388985, -83.4171982

19. Hamm Cemetery
Washington Court House, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5262720, -83.4131810

20. Anderson Cemetery
Green Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4531600, -83.4643440

21. Hagler Cemetery
Jefferson Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5988998, -83.5428009

22. Sugar Grove Cemetery
Perry Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.4660988, -83.4341965

23. Hines Cemetery
Jefferson Township, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.6049995, -83.5021973

24. Milledgeville Plymouth Cemetery
Milledgeville, Fayette County, USA
Coordinate: 39.5853004, -83.5843964