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Schroeder, Marlene Beth (1927-2007)
Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 2007 Feb 12 p. 12
Birth date: 1927 May 22
text of obituary:
MARLENE SCHROEDER
Marlene Beth Schroeder, 79, of Goessel, Kan., died Jan. 15, 2007, of complications from melanoma. She was born May 22, 1927, to Jacob H. and Justina (Regier) Schroeder in rural McPherson County.
She was baptized at Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church. She graduated from Goessel High School in 1945. She attended Bethel College for three summers, obtaining a certificate to teach in rural schools.
On April 11, 1950, she married Lloyd Schroeder of Goessel.
Together they ran a grain and poultry farm, while she also worked at Mennonite Press and Ruzen Flowers in Newton. In 1976, they founded their Pine Creek Farm Christmas tree business.
An avid craftsperson, she excelled in a variety of decorative arts. Her hand-painted ornaments and decorated wreaths were favorites of her Christmas tree customers.
She taught Sunday school, led the women’s mission group for many years and was the first woman to be elected deacon at Goessel Mennonite Church. She was the Goessel church’s correspondent for Mennonite Weekly Review and represented her congregation at Western District and General Conference annual meetings. She was Western District’s representative to the General Conference Women in Mission board and was on the Bethel College Women’s Association Council.
She delighted in praising others, always quick with an encouraging word or card. She fought back to health from a heart attack in 1990.
Survivors include her husband; Lloyd; three daughters, Rhonda Ramsey and her husband, Stewart, of Lenexa, Jana Schroeder and her husband, Lauro Medina, of Tepotzlan, Mexico, and Ardie Goering and her husband, Wynn, of Albuquerque, N.M.; two sisters, Esther Ratz-laff and Evelyn Banman; a brother, Alden Schroeder; and three grandchildren.
She was preceded her in death by a son, JaDean, in 2001; two brothers, Sam and Edward Schroeder; and four sisters, Sara Wunderlick, Margaret Riesen, Edna Nickel and Alice Pankratz.
