Alice Marie Schroeder

Alice M. Schroeder age 92, formerly of Tracy and Garvin, MN died Thursday, April 2, 2009 at the Sanford-Tracy Medical Center. Services will be 10:30 AM Monday, April 6, 2009 at the Garvin Congregational Church in Garvin. Visitation will be from 4:00 until 8:00 PM Sunday, April 5, 2009 at the Almlie Funeral Home in Tracy, with a prayer service at 7:00 PM and continuing one hour prior to the service at the church on Monday. Interment will be at the Bethel Cemetery, rural Garvin, with a luncheon following. The Almlie Funeral Home of Tracy is handling the Arrangements. Alice Marie Schroeder was born November 29, 1916 to George and Grace (Minney) Klein in Freemont, NE. As an infant her family moved to a farm north of Tracy, MN in 1917. She attended Tracy Public Schools, graduating from Tracy High School in 1935. On March 19, 1936 Alice married Floyd Persons in the Federated Church in Marshall, MN and they made their home in the Tracy, Garvin and Amiret area. She attended Alexandria Vo-Tech for nursing, graduating in 1963 as a LPN. She then worked for Dr. Remsberg as his office nurse for a year. In February of 1964 her husband Floyd died and that fall she helped get the Tracy Nursing Home started and was its first administrator. In April of 1967 she moved to Shakopee, MN to work as a nurse at the women’s prison. On December 30, 1970 Alice married Victor Schroeder and they made their home on Prior Lake. Over the years they enjoyed the lake, traveling, and spending the winter in Arizona. After Vic’s death in 1987 Alice remained in their lake home until the fall of 1990 when she moved to Marshall. Through the years Alice was a housewife, a farmer’s wife, a telephone operator and a nurse. She was a member of the Congregational Church in Garvin and active in the church women’s groups. She enjoyed flowers, cooking, baking, and most of all, spending time with her family. In November of 2006 she became a resident of the Colonial Manor Nursing Home in Balaton, MN. In March of 2009 she entered the Sanford-Tracy Medical Center where she went to her Lord, Thursday, April 2, 2009 at the age of 92. Alice is survived by her two daughters, Virginia (Lawrence) Hochstatter of Marshall, MN and Marilyn (Dennis) Christensen of Garvin, MN; three step sons, Ted (Shelly) Schroeder of Welch, MN, Grant (Renda) Schroeder of Dublin, OH and Mark (Laura) Schroeder of Prior Lake, MN; fifteen grandchildren, Larry (Grace) Hochstatter, Joyce (Jeff) Carlson, Pat Hughes, Denise (Sylvan) TeKrony, Scott (Julie) Christensen, Erika (Mike) O’Neil, Aaron (Amber) Schroeder, Jacob and Kalyn Schroeder, Michael, JoAnna and Andrew Schroeder, and James, Daniel, and Molly Schroeder; sixteen great grandchildren, Michael (Julie), Randy (Sherry), Lance and Andrew Hochstatter, Sarah and Krista Henke, Michael and David Carlson, Jenay (Justin) Fodness, Andrew, Kelsey, and Jay Christensen, Ruby and Delila O’Neil, and Jonathan and Lucas Schroeder; four great-great grandchildren, Jacob, Lauren, and Anthony Hochstatter, and Rylee Fodness; two sisters-in-law, Lottie Gempeler and Ava Klein; many nieces, nephews and a great many friends. Her parents, two husbands, Floyd and Victor, step son, Stuart Schroeder, two sisters, Dorothy Cooper and Millie Bonaquista, and three brothers, Charles, Earl and George E. Klein preceded her in death.