Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
A memorial service in memory of Dean C. Schroeder was held Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Hartley. Pastor Chris Nitzel officiated. Burial was at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley, with military graveside rites conducted by Hartley American Legion, Arthur W. Kirchhoff Post #288. Hartley Funeral Home assisted with the arrangements.
Dean Clair Schroeder was born near Preston in Plymouth County on July 8, 1935, one of four children of Fred August and Cleo Dorothea (Collmann) Schroeder. He grew up on a farm near Hartley and received his early education through the country...