Pioneer of County Succumbs at Rulo
Rudolph Schroeder, 83, a pioneer resident of Richardson county, died at 6:15 o'clock Saturday evening at his home at Rulo. Death was caused by heart trouble and complications. Mr. Schroeder had been ailing for 10 months.
He was born March 6, 1857, at Guttenberg, Ia., and when he was six years old, his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Schroeder, settled in this county. Mr. Schroder had been a county resident since.
May 31, 1881, he was married at Rulo to Miss Ellen Frederick. She died a number of years ago.
In early life, Mr. Schroeder was engaged in farming. Later [he] was employed by the Burlington railroad & prior to retiring was a carpenter.
He is survived by a son, Albert* E. Schroeder, Sultan, Washington, five daughters, Mrs. Albert Volz and Mrs. Joe Forney, both of Falls City; Mrs. Henry Romine and Mrs. Herbert Burke, both of Rulo, and Mrs. Raymond Mann, Emmett, Ida.; a sister, Mrs. Louise Gatz, Milwaukee, Wis., 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The body is at Chaneys' funeral home. Services will be 10a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in charge of Father Ralph Egan, Rulo. Burial will be at Rulo.
—The Falls City Journal (Falls City, NE)
Mon Nov 4, 1940.
*(His son's name was Arthur, not Albert)
Pioneer of County Succumbs at Rulo
Rudolph Schroeder, 83, a pioneer resident of Richardson county, died at 6:15 o'clock Saturday evening at his home at Rulo. Death was caused by heart trouble and complications. Mr. Schroeder had been ailing for 10 months.
He was born March 6, 1857, at Guttenberg, Ia., and when he was six years old, his parents, Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Schroeder, settled in this county. Mr. Schroder had been a county resident since.
May 31, 1881, he was married at Rulo to Miss Ellen Frederick. She died a number of years ago.
In early life, Mr. Schroeder was engaged in farming. Later [he] was employed by the Burlington railroad & prior to retiring was a carpenter.
He is survived by a son, Albert* E. Schroeder, Sultan, Washington, five daughters, Mrs. Albert Volz and Mrs. Joe Forney, both of Falls City; Mrs. Henry Romine and Mrs. Herbert Burke, both of Rulo, and Mrs. Raymond Mann, Emmett, Ida.; a sister, Mrs. Louise Gatz, Milwaukee, Wis., 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The body is at Chaneys' funeral home. Services will be 10a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home in charge of Father Ralph Egan, Rulo. Burial will be at Rulo.
—The Falls City Journal (Falls City, NE)
Mon Nov 4, 1940.
*(His son's name was Arthur, not Albert)
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