PHM2 US NAVY
1922 -1984
He was then transferred to the U.S. Naval Hospital at Mare Island, California in February of 1943, and spent the bulk of his military service there. His duties varied considerably during his tenure there, including ward duty; clerical duty in the hospital corps office, which had the responsibility of ensuring the hospital was staffed properly; and accompanying patients, both individually and in groups, who were being transferred to hospitals nearer their homes. He received several promotions while stationed at this hospital, achieving the rank of Pharmacist Mate Second Class (PhM 2/C).
While stationed at this base, he also found time to pursue his favorite sport, baseball. He was selected as one on a pitching staff of five from a field of approximately 25 who tried out to play on a team representing the entire Mare Island Naval Base; they played in a league composed of military installations in California. He also pitched for a good semi-pro team headquartered at Boyes Hot Springs, California. He played with and against several former major league baseball players.
In July of 1945, he was transferred to an advanced medical school at the U.S. Naval
Hospital at Portsmouth, Virginia and was stationed there when World War II finally ended.
He was transferred to the U.S. Naval Hospital at Corvallis, Oregon in October, 1945, and
then to Astoria, Oregon, where he was processed for discharge.
He received his
honorable discharge from Fort Snelling, Minnesota March 11, 1946, having served three
years and five months.
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BORN APRIL 29,
1922 ASPINWALL, CRAWFORD COUNTY, IOWA THE FAMILY WISHES TO EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE FOR YOUR KINDNESS EVIDENCED IN THOUGHT, WORD, AND pan, AND INVITES YOU TO JOIN THEM FOR LUNCH AND FELLOWSHIP AT THE CHURCH FOLLOWING THE COMMITTAL SERVICE LaVerne W. (Verne) Schroeder, 62, a retired director-special projects for the Milwaukee Railroad and a leader in attracting business and industry to Manning, died Tuesday, December 18, at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha of complications accompanying a ruptured anuerysm he suffered December 10. His career with the Milwaukee railroad took him to Omaha, Seattle, Des Moines, Minneapolis and to headquarters in Chicago. He retired in May of 1982 after 42 years of service and returned to Manning where in the short time since his retirement, he made significant contributions to the city as chairman of a commission to promote industry and new retail businesses.
He was instrumental in bringing the Wells Manufacturing Corporation to Manning. That
firm plans to begin operations on January 7, 1985. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, December 21, at Zion Lutheran church in Manning with the pastor, the Rev. Paul Krumm, officiating. Dorothy Kusel will be organist and the church quartet and congregation will sing. Burial, with military honors by the
American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars posts, will be in the Manning cemetery.
Mr. Schroeder is survived by his wife Rozora, Manning; two sons: Kyle Schroeder and his wife Barbara, Prior Lake, Minnesota, and Kurt Schroeder and his wife, Laurie, Shakopee, Minnesota; a brother Donald Schroeder, Des Moines: a sister Mrs. Richard (Shirley) Swanson, Manilla; his mother Mrs. Rosie Schroeder, a resident of the Manilla Manor Nursing home, Manilla; his parents-in-law Margaret and Emil Kuhn; nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father on March 25, 1973. Mr. Schroeder was born April 29, 1922, at Aspinwall, Crawford County, Iowa, a son of William J. and Rosie Dammann Schroeder. He attended Aspinwall school and graduated from Manning High School in 1940. He worked for the Milwaukee Railroad and at various odd jobs in Aspinwall.
In October of 1942, he enlisted in the U. S. Navy. In March of 1946, he was discharged
with the rank of pharmacist's mate second class.
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