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Submitted: 8/24/21 • Approved: 8/24/21 • Last Updated: 8/27/21 • R450340-G450338-S3
Howard
June 17, 1894-July 22, 1955
Ethel Nixon
October 20, 1902-December 18, 1984
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*Obituary Howard
Last rites for Howard Schroeder, 61, who died at Houston, Texas Friday, are scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Bible Baptist Church, Borger with the pastor, the Rev. Charles McDowell officiating.
Interment will follow in the local cemetery. Casket bearers will be Sam Woods, Frank Beadle, Don Martin, D.F. Fuller, George Jeffers and Ben Anderson.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, July 25, 1955, P1, C5)
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Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Howard Schroeder
Death Date: 22 Jul 1955
Death County: Harris
Certificate: 34252
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Howard Schroeder
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 61
Birth Date: 17 Jun 1896
Birth Place: Mason, Illinois
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Death Date: 22 Jul 1955
Death Place: Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
Father: John Schroeder
Mother: Margaret Wilcox
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Howard Schroeder
Birth Date: 17 Jun 1894
Death Date: 22 Jul 1955
Claim Date: 29 Jul 1955
Notes: 04 Nov 1977: Name listed as HOWARD SCHROEDER
*Obituary Ethel
Mrs. Ethel Schroeder, 82, of 213 Davenport St. in Borger, died at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in St. Anthony's Hospital in Amarillo.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Bible Baptist Church in Borger with the Rev. Leonard Forsythe, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Highland Park Cemetery under the direction of Alexander Funeral Directors of Borger.
Mrs. Schroeder was born in a sod house in Oklahoma Indian terrority [sic] southwest of Woodward, Okla., before Oklahoma became a state. She moved to this area before Borger was founded. Her family operated a boarding house in the early days of Borger.
She is survived by four sons, Jackson and Marion of Borger, Stephen of Fritch and Gerald of Billings, Mont.; one sister, Mrs. Alva Englant of Bovina, Texas; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be David Schroeder, Glenn Schroeder, Gary Schroeder, Mike Schroeder, Jackie Schroeder and Clay Schroeder.
Honorary pallbearers will be grandsons-in-law.
(Published in Borger News Herald, Wednesday, December 19, 1984)
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Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Ethel Schroeder
Death Date: 18 Dec 1984
Death County: Potter
Gender: Female
U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Name: Ethel Schroeder
Last Residence:
79007 Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
BORN: 20 Oct 1902
Died: Dec 1984
Contributed on 8/24/21
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