Monday, January 17, 2022

MONDAY REPORT


ASHER SCHROEDER,  AGE 96,  DIED LAST MONDAY AT HIS HOME IN MAQUOKETA.

HE WAS A GREAT MAN!   HE WAS A  ROTARIAN (LONGTIME TREASURER).    I 

LAST SAW HIM AT A MEETING IN DECEMBER.   BORN AND RAISED IN MAQUOKETA,

HE GRADUATED AT MAQUOKETA HIGH SCHOOL AND GOT HIS LAW DEGREE FROM

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA.    HE WAS DRAFTED INTO THE ARMY DURING WORLD 

WAR II AND WAS TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN GERMANY.    AFTER RETURNING 

FROM THAT HARDSHIP IN THE SERVICE,  HE WAS A LAWYER IN MAQUOKETA.    HE

SERVED AS JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR 3 TERMS.     HE WAS  APPOINTED THE

U.S.  ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA  AND WAS LATER  

LEGAL COUNCIL FOR THE IOWA D.O.T.     HE HELPED GET LOCAL OWNERSHIP

OF THE CLINTON ENGINES OFFICE BUILDING SO IT COULD BE TURNED INTO

THE MUSEUM IT IS NOW.      HE IS SURVIVED BY 3 SONS IN IOWA AND  A BROTHER 

KARL IN MAQUOKETA.   ALSO  A SISTER IN ARIZONA,  PLUS  3 GRANDCHILDREN.

THE FUNERAL WILL BE AT 10:30 THIS SATURDAY AT  SACRED HEART CATHOLIC 

CHURCH.   CARSON CELEBRATION OF LIFE IS SERVING THE FAMILY.    HE IS EASILY 

ONE OF THE TOP 100 CITIZENS OF ALL TIME IN MAQUOKETA.     



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