Last Rites Held For Mrs. Wiebke Schroeder, 83 Funeral services for Mrs. Wiebke Schroeder, mother of Mr. John J. Schroeder of Manning, were held Friday afternoon at the Zion Lutheran Church in Manning. Pastor Johann M. Ansorge officiated.

Mrs. Schroeder, a former resident of Manning, passed away last Tuesday morning at a hospital at Norfolk, Nebraska. She was 83 years of age.

The deceased was born January 15, 1854, in Germany. In early childhood she was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and had been a member of the Lutheran church all of her life.

She leaves to mourn her passing, three children, John J. Schroeder of Manning; Charles Schroeder of Aspinwall and Mrs. John Ehrichs of Norfolk, Nebraska. A daughter, Mrs. Chris Ehrichs, died several years ago. Her husband, Henry Schroeder, passed away March 24, 1917, in Manning.

For 12 years she lived in Manning and since the death of her husband she had divided her time with her children. She returned to Manning frequently for visits, with her son, John Schroeder.

Mrs. Schroeder was in good health until about two weeks before her death.

Burial was in the Manning Cemetery with six grandsons, Arthur and Edward Kruse, Herbert Ehrichs, Henry Schroeder, Arthur Fuss, and Walter Barten, acting as pallbearers.

Aspinwall section:
Quite a number from here attended the funeral of Mrs. Wiebke Schroeder which was, held at the Manning Lutheran Church Friday afternoon with Pastor John M. Ansorge in charge. The deceased suffered a paralytic stroke form which she failed to rally. She was 83 years of age. Mrs. Schroeder was well known in this vicinity, having been a resident of Aspinwall a number of years ago and her many friends mourn her departure. Besides her friends she leaves to mourn her death two sons Charles of Aspinwall, John of Manning and one daughter, Mrs. John Ehrichs of Norfolk, Nebraska; nine grandchildren and eleven great-grandchildren and many other relatives. Interment was made in the Manning Cemetery.

Charles Schroeder and Chris Ehrichs who went to Norfolk, Nebraska, last Monday, being called there by the serious illness of the former's mother, returned home Tuesday, Mrs. Schroeder having passed away Monday evening at about the time they reached Norfolk. They were accompanied back by Mr. and Mrs. John Ehrichs' son Herbert and daughter Alice. The Ehrichs family returned to their Norfolk home Sunday.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation to our neighbors and friends for the kindness and sympathy extended us in our recent bereavement, in the death of our mother and grandmother, Wiebke Schroeder. We also wish to thank Pastor John M. Ansorge for his kind and consoling words, the choir for the music and for the beautiful floral offerings.
The Children and Grandchildren.
February 4, 1937, Manning Monitor