Hazel Schroeder

Hazel E. Schroeder, 85, of McPherson and formerly of Woodward, Iowa, died Tuesday, August 8, 2006, at Infinia Health Center, McPherson. She was a retired nurse's aide and had worked at several hospitals in Iowa. She also worked in the kitchen at the McPherson Senior Center.

The funeral service will be at 1:00 PM Saturday, August 12, at the First Christian Church. Burial will be in the Excelsior Cemetery, rural Marquette. Visitation will be from 3:00 to 8:00 PM Friday at Stockham Family Funeral Home. The family will be present from 6:00 to 8:00 PM.

Survivors include: five sons, Lewis Embrey of Claflin, KS, James Embrey of Council Bluffs, IA, Tom Embrey of McPherson, KS, John Embrey of McPherson, KS, and Jerald Embrey of Des Moines, IA; three daughters, Margaret Dailey of Gilmore City, IA, Marilyn Hysell of Las Vegas, NV, and Caroline Poindexter of Madrid, IA; a brother, Wayne Jestice of St. Joseph, MO; 20 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by: her husband, Lawrence J. Schroeder, a daughter, Mary Upchurch, three step-sons, Robert, Jack, and Richard Embrey, two sisters, Mildred Pauline Brown and Opal Schleiman, a daughter-in-law, Sue Embrey, a granddaughter, Annette Embrey, a grandson, Edward Vaughn, and two great-granddaughters, Jessica Marie Ivy and Jill Dailey.

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