Obit: Schroeder, Jesse #1 (1896 - 1962)

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Surnames: Schroeder

----Source: THORP COURIER (Thorp, Clark County, Wis.) 02/22/1962

Schroeder, Jess (27 OCT 1896 - 18 FEB 1962)

Jesse Schroeder, 66, well driller who resided southwest of Thorp in the Town of Worden (Clark Co., Wis.) for many years, passed away at the hospital at Chippewa Falls, Sunday, Feb. 18th, 1962, where he had been a patient for the past ten days. He had been in ill health for several months.

He was a veteran of World War I. Funeral services were conducted by Cecil Tormey Post No. 118 of the American Legion at the Thorp Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 21st and burial was made in the east Thorp Cemetery. Legion members served as pallbearers and military rites, a salute by the firing squad and taps.