ADDRESS: Claret Court, Stevens Point, WI; A former Medford area resident
PLACE, DATE & TIME OF DEATH: Sunday, December 9 at House of the Dove, hospice house, Marshfield where she had resided for the past 4 days
TIME & PLACE OF SERVICES: 11:00 AM on Friday, December 14 at Divine Word Evangelical Lutheran Church, 2501 Plover Springs Drive, Plover, WI 54467
OFFICIATING: Pastor Scott Wolfram
VISITATION: Divine Word Ev. Lutheran Church, Plover from 4-7 PM on Thursday, December 13
DATE & PLACE OF BIRTH: November 17, 1948 at Medford
EDUCATION: Stetsonville, WI area elementary schools, and was a 1966 graduate of Medford High School
MARRIAGE: June 7, 1969 at Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church, Medford to Dale L. Schroeder and he survives
PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN LIFE: After her education, she worked at Farmers State Bank in Stetsonville. Then she was a bookkeeper for Co-op Transport in Stetsonville. Then she worked as director of membership services for the United States Curling Association office in Stevens Point until her retirement. They moved to Stevens Point in September of 2005. She was active with her husband in the WI Lions Foundation. She served as Medford and Stevens Point boys and girls high school curling coach for a period of years, winning numerous state titles. Was active in State & National woman’s curling both as a participant and in governing. Was active in State & National Jr. Curling and was part of the US Jr. teams that participated in 13 World Jr. Championships as either a team leader or coach. In 1999, she received the National Coach of the Year award, selected by the National Woman’s Sports Foundation. She closed her coaching career as the head coach of the High Performance Jr. Woman’s team and led them to back-to-back National Championships. Her true passion was her affiliation with Jr. Curling & helping young curlers develop both as athletes and adults. As much as she accomplished in curling, her proudest legacy was being a wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed traveling, art, music, all sporting events, golf, tennis and snowmobiling and most of all, being with her family.
MEMBER OF: Divine Word Ev. Lutheran Church, Plover; Lifetime member of the Medford Curling Club; Past president of Medford Curling Club and its Ladies Lockets; Past member of Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church, Medford and its church choir
SURVIVING SPOUSE: Dale L. Schroeder of Stevens Point, WI
SURVIVING CHILDREN: Troy (Kiersten) Schroeder of Minneapolis, MN
2 Granddaughters – Sydney & Sophie Schroeder of Minneapolis
CHILDREN DECEASED: Daughter-in-law: Amy Schroeder
SURVIVING BROTHERS/SISTERS: Steven (Gloria) Lindahl of Medford
BROTHERS/SISTERS DECEASED: Brother – Lloyd Lindahl; Sister-in-law: Gail Lindahl
SURVIVING MOTHER: Shirley (Kleist) Lindahl of Medford
DECEASED FATHER: Walter “Butch” L. Lindahl
URNBEARERS: Kate Metz and Kathy Hemer
Honorary Urnbearers: Gloria Lindahl, Patty Henning, Evett Hartvig, Lori Kawleski, Irene Glodowski, Patricia Jones, Sandy Robinson, Terry Davis
OTHER INFORMATION: In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions be given to the family for future educational scholarships or to the WI Lions Foundation, Inc.
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