Marcella Schroeder
Jerseyville |
Marcella Elizabeth Pohlman Schroeder, 91, died at 8:00 a.m, Thursday, June 20, 2013 at the Jerseyville Manor Nursing Home.
She was born in Westwoods near Fieldon, IL on Feb. 20, 1922, the daughter of the late Joseph & Edith (Schmieder) Tonsor. After the death of her mother when she was a very young girl, her father remarried, and Marcella was lovingly raised by Cecelia Schmieder Tonsor Groppel, and was blessed with a close relationship with her their entire life.
She first married Ernest Gerard Pohlman, and together they were blessed with four children before his death on Dec. 26, 1965. She then married Bernard J. Schroeder on Feb. 6, 1969 at the Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Jerseyville, and her family grew by seven more children, and two families became one. She and Bernard were blessed with 34 years before his death on Feb. 22, 2003.
She is survived by her four children & their spouses, John & Sheri Pohlman of Springfield, Peggy Pohlman,and her companion, Mike Mathis of Springfield, Terri & James Campbell of Jacksonville, and Kaye & Kevin Skibbe of Manchester, Mo.; seven step children & their spouses, Fr. James Schroeder SCJ of St. Louis, Mo., Chery Schroeder of Kirkwood, Mo., Dr. Victoria Dawdy, and her husband, Steven Bilsbury of Alton, Jill & Don Schmidt of Florissant, Mo., Jan Kammer of Glendale, Mo., Kevin Schroeder and Kim Davis both of Jerseyville; 16 grandchildren; 10 Great Grandchildren; two sisters, Lucille Hamblen and Edith Garland both of Jerseyville; a brother & sister in law, Joseph & Edie Tonsor of Jerseyville; a brother in law, James File and his wife, Sandy of Carrollton; along with numerous nieces and nephews.
In addition to her parents and her husbands, she was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Lauren; a son in law, Jay Kammer; a brother & sister in law, John Robert & Bernice Tonsor; a sister, Janet File; and two brothers in law, Truman Garland and Ted Hamblen.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville.
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday at the St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Jerseyville, with Father James Schroeder officiating.
Burial will be in the St. Mary's Cemetery in Fieldon.
Memorials may be given to the St. Francis/Holy Ghost Catholic Schools of Jerseyville or to Masses.
Crawford Funeral Home
