VIRGINIA SCHRODER

Virginia Ruby (Best) Schroder, age 99, of Yankton, died Saturday, October 8,2022,atAveraSacredHeart Hospital in Yankton.

Funeral services were Thursday, October 13 at Calvary Baptist Church in Yankton, with Reverend Errin Mulberry officiating. Burial was in the First Baptist Cemetery in Avon. Arrangements were under the direction of the Wintz & Ray Funeral Home in Yankton.

Virginia Ruby (Best) Schroder was born in Davis, Illinois on May 24, 1923, the daughterofWalterandElfida (Tielkemeier) Best. She attended country grade school and graduated from Durand High School in 1940. She attended Brown’s College of Commerce at Freeport, Illinois, then did bookkeeping and secretarial work in Rockford, Illinois until her marriage. She married Harold R. Schroder on August 6, 1955 in Rockford, and moved toAvon,Harold’shome.After the children were in school, she worked in bookkeeping and/or secretarial positions until the year 2000, the latest being as church secretary from 1991 to 2000.

Virginia became a Christian at the age of ten and was active in churches in Davis, Rockford, Avon and Yankton, teaching Sunday School, singing in choir and ladies’ trios, and taking part in women’s activities. She enjoyed working on crafts, especially needlepoint on plastic canvas, and counted cross stitch. She shared countless Folded Star/Cross Stitch ornaments with family and friends. They came to be expected as gifts at bridal showers and baby showers.

Survivorsincludeherchildren: Paul (Lorrie) Schroder, Pella, Iowa; Thomas, Rapid City; and Beth (Darrell) Johnson, Alexandria, Minnesota. Grandchildren: Stephanie (Nick) Lindsley, Michelle(Victor)Hernandez, John (Mahali) Schroder, Liesel (Jordan) King, Daniel (Gabby) Schroder, Heather (Nic)Sauer,andKyle(Heather) Johnson. Great-grandchildren: Charlotte, Jacob, Isabelle, Mateo, Liam, Jude, David, Naomi and Sabine.

Virginia was preceded in death by her husband; parents; threebrothers:Milford, Clifford and Kenneth; and one sister: Violet Hevrin.

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