From April 16, 1918

LONG ILLNESS ENDS

  Miss Alice Schroeder, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Schroeder, passed away at her home on Puscheck road north of Twenty-second street, Thursday, April 11.  The family formerly lived at 418 North Fifth avenue and were well known to many LaGrange and LaGrange Park people.

  The funeral services were held Sunday at Emmanuel church, Proviso.  Deceased was twenty-one years old and had been sick for near four years.  She leaves a father, mother and two brothers, Paul and Raymond.

  Ray Schroeder came down from Beloit, Wisconsin, Saturday and spent the week end with his father, Charles Schroeder of 418 North Fifth avenue, who has just come home from the West Suburban hospital.

From December 30, 1926

Mrs. Charles Schroeder Dies

Was Baptized, Confirmed, Married and Buried From Immanuel Church

  With the death of Mrs. Charles Schroeder, of 418 North Fifth avenue, LaGrange, another old settler of this territory passes away.  Mrs. Schroeder died Tuesday, December 21, after two months illness resulting from enlargement of the spleen.  Burial was Sunday in the family lot at Proviso churchyard, after services which were held in Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran church.  The services were in (unreadable) of Rev. Mr. Roehrs, and Rev. Mr. Walter Roehrs.

  Emma Schultz Schroeder was born July 25, 1867, on the Schultz farm on the northern outskirts of LaGrange of Proviso.  Her parents were Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Schultz.  In October, 1888, she was married to Charles Schroeder, of another old family of Proviso.  To this marriage were born six children, Edward, Martin, Frederick, Alice, Paul and Raymond of whom the last two alone survive, Mr. Schroeder is still living.

  Mrs. Schroeder was baptized in Immanuel church at Proviso, confirmed there, the marriage occurred in the old church, and from it her body was carried to its long resting place.

  While most of Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder's live was spent in and around LaGrange they lived for nine years on a farm in Iowa, from which they returned and later left.

  The are many relatives living in Chicago, River Forest, Oak Park and Iowa.

From August 2, 1928

Evening Card Party

  Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schroeder delightfully entertained about 40 relatives and friends in their house, 418 North Fifth avenue, last Wednesday evening, the occasion being the birthday anniversary of Mrs. Schroeder.  Five hundred furnished the diversion of the evening and the prize winners were Mrs. Martin Heidorn, Mrs. Edward Heidorn, W. F. Boeger, all of Hillside, Elmer Kemman and Emil Boeger.  At the conclusion of the games dainty refreshments were served.

From October 1, 1930

Charles Schroeder Dies in La Grange

Was Well-known in Old German Farming Community of Proviso

  The death of Charles H. Schroeder of 417 North Fifth Avenue, LaGrange, removes one of the well-known men of what was formerly the old German farming district in Proviso.  Mr. Schroeder passed away Monday at his home.

  Funeral services were held early Wednesday afternoon at the residence, and at 2:30 o'clock at Immanuel Lutheran church, of which Mr. Schroeder was a member.  The Rev. Otto Hoerwagen, the church pastor, conducted the services.  The body was buried in the family lot at Immanuel cemetery.

  There were few members of the German community to whom the name of Charles Schroeder was not a familiar one.  He had lived here practically all his life, with the exception of nine years which he spent in Iowa.  At the time of his death he was over 67 years of age.

  Mr. Schroeder was born in the old family homestead in which his father lived in the early 1850's, when the family came here from England, where they had lived before coming to America and since leaving Germany.  The house was still standing until a year or so ago, when it burned under mysterious circumstances, the body of James Grant, former village clerk of Broadview being believed to have been consumed in it. The house stood in a grove of trees a little east of Puscheck road, and between Roosevelt road and Twenty-second streets.

  Mr. Schroeder sold the place some five years ago, but the family had made their home since 1922.

  In 1888 Mr. Schroeder and Miss Emma Schultz, the daughter of another family prominent in the German community were united in marriage.  Mrs. Schroeder died in 1928.

  Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder went to Iowa in 1891 returning in 1900, when they went to Oak Park.  In 1902 they went back to the family homestead, where they lived until their stay in LaGrange.

   Of the six children who were born to them, there are two who are living, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Schroeder and Raymond.  Both live at 418 North Fifth avenue LaGrange.  Mr. Paul Schroeder is a member of the Hessler Hardware firm of Western Springs.

Pictures of Alice Schroeder

Baby picture of Paul Schroeder

Pictures provided by the Schroeder descendents.