Bernita M. Schroeder

Bernita M. Schroeder (Schwartz), 93, of Hanover, KS, passed away on Tuesday, February 3, 2015 at the Hanover Hospital. A rosary service was held at 7 p.m., Thursday, February 5 at St. John’s Catholic Church in Hanover. Mass of Christian Burial was held at 1 p.m., Friday, February 6 at St. John’s Catholic Church. Father David Metz officiated. Janet Fritschi played the organ while the church choir sang “Come To Me”, “Hail Mary, Gentle Woman”, “On Eagles Wings”, “Song of Farewell” and “Amazing Grace”. The pallbearers were Stanley Haas, Floyd Rettig, Anthony Bruna, Paul Jueneman, Kevin McCreary and Darrell Doebele. Burial was in the church cemetery. Bernita was born March 25, 1921, in Hanover, the daughter of Charles T. and Ruth (Henry) Schwartz. She attended elementary school at St. John’s Catholic School and attended 3 years at Hanover High School. Her senior year of high school was spent at Mount St. Scholastica, in Atchison, KS, where she graduated from. She then left to work in Denver, CO, for a few years until returning to Hanover to marry Stephen A. Schroeder on October 11, 1945. Bernita was an active member of St. John’s Altar Society and a member of the Women’s Legion Auxiliary. She helped her husband, brother, and sister run The Schwartz Center until sometime in the 1980’s. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles T. and Ruth (Henry) Schwartz; brother, Charles H. Schwartz; husband, Stephen A. Schroeder; and son, Stephen A. Schroeder. Survivors include her daughter, Nancy Haas (Stan), Wichita, KS; granddaughter, Jessica McCreary (Kevin); three great-grandchildren, Kyah, Zoey, and Jaxon McCreary, of Maize, KS; sister, Joan Pacha, Hanover; and two nephews and two nieces. A memorial fund has been established and will be designated at a later date. Contributions may be sent in care of the Hanover Mortuary. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Bernita M. Schroeder, please visit our flower store.