Mary Lu Schroeder

Mary Lu Schroeder, 73 of Hesperia died Thursday July 16, 2020 at home of natural causes. Mary a native of Davenport, Iowa lived in Hesperia for the last 13 years. She was a retired Eligibility Worker of Riverside County. She is remembered as a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She loved being around her family not only in California but Iowa as well. We grieve for the end of her life with us here on Earth but celebrate her new beginning in Heaven with the Lord and her loved ones who she will be reunited with. She will get to dance, sing, and laugh in Heaven with all of her loved ones that she missed so much. She has no more pain and she gets to sow seeds in Heaven, creating beautiful surroundings and dandelions to make wishes on for each and every one of us. We will continue her legacy as well as our father as she is reunited with her true love. You will be forever in our hearts Mom. Rest in peace!

Mary is preceded in death by her husband William C. Schroeder Sr (6/23/97), son Christopher T. Schroeder Sr (5/27/20), grandson Mark S. Schroeder Jr (4/10/10), her parents Thomas Gaskey Sr and Bernice Rohrbach, sister Sharon Mitchell and brother Thomas Gaskey Jr. She is survived by daughters; Sabrina Cook (Jeff Cook) and Melissa Montoya (Dan Montoya), sons; William C. Schroeder Jr (Heather Schroeder), Mark S. Schroeder Sr (Laura Schroeder), and Cord D. Schroeder. She has 35 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren. She is survived by her sister Linda Williams (Ron) and brother James Gaskey of Davenport, Iowa.

Please bring your mask.

All services will be held on August 11, 2020, as follows:

First Lutheran Church, 9315 Citrus Ave, Fontana CA. There will be a viewing from 10am -11am with services beginning directly after at approximately 11:15am-12:15pm.

Riverside National Cemetery, 22495 Van Buren Blvd. Riverside, staging area #5. Graveside service at 2pm sharp directly following the service at First Lutheran Church.

Potluck Dinner will be held at 15478 Via Bahia St, Hesperia, CA 92345. We will be celebrating Mary’s life directly following the graveside in Riverside. We will be celebrating her love for her family and would love for all to join us. We will be having a potluck style dinner, please feel free to bring a dish you like, all food is welcome.

Anyone wanting to donate flowers please send to First Lutheran Church at 9315 Citrus Ave, Fontana Ca 92335. If anyone is wanting to make monetary donations, please contact Sabrina Cook at [email protected] for information on how to make donations. There is a website that you can leave messages to the family or share memories you have of Mary. The website is: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries

To our Mom:

Words can’t express the pain we are going through. You’ve been there for all of us in so many ways; a shoulder to cry on, an ear to vent to and just the presence of silence so we weren’t alone. You’ve touched so many people. We are incredibly grateful to call you Mom, Grandma, GG, and now our guardian angel. We miss you so much, but we know you are in a better place looking down on us until we meet again. We love you now and always. Love Sabrina, Jeff, Mandy, Tim, Amy, Kaiya, Hannah, Jakob, Anberlin, & Glennrose Lu.

We love you we will miss you on Earth, but we’re happy that you are in heaven with our Father, with Dad, our brother, our nephew and all the family that preceded you. Thank you for the years of love and support. It will always be remembered. Love Billy, Heather, & Children.

Even though Mom was my mother in law, since day 1 she unconditionally loved me as one of her own children and I loved her as my own mother. Her love was endless for every member of our family. She was the best Mom. Always an ear to listen and supportive of any decision, even when she didn’t agree. As a grandmother, she set the bar high. She was loyal, loving, understanding, and the sweetest, but as a GG she takes the cake. She has shown so much love and we know how much the babies had a special place in her heart. Her hugs. Her smile. Her tender voice. She is deeply missed by our family. Love Mark, Laura, Lori, David, Lyndsey, Sam, Michael, Trina, Angela, Laci, Faith, Jayson, Julius, Kylo, & Mackenzie.

Our Mama is a woman like no other! Always supportive, always there, always willing to help and do anything and everything that her kids needed!! No matter what, no matter when, she was

always there!! She would give the very last of what she had to any of her kids!! She was always willing to help in any way that she could and never asked for anything in return!!! She is truly the very definition of selfless!! The unconditional love that she gave to all of her kids, grandkids, and great grandkids was never ending!! That love will continue to endure!! There are just not enough words to accurately describe how much she is loved!!! Mama, your influence, your compassion, your selflessness, and most of all your unconditional love will live on forever in our hearts!! Thank you so much Ma for ALL that you gave to each and every one of us!! Your absence is already felt so deeply, and you are and will be missed greatly every single day!! All of the love you gave to us and all of the beautiful memories that you made for us and with us, we will forever hold in our hearts!! All of our love, Melissa, Danny, Aubrey, & Nathanael.

“Until now and then til we see you again we’ll be loving you, love us”. Love you Mom, always will. Love, Cord, Steph, Alysa, Anthony, Aharon, & Abbigail.

Grandma has always been a great caretaker, whether it was taking care of us while my Dad was at work or living with me. No matter what she had, she always made sure we where okay. She gave and gave without ever asking for something in return. If grandma had anything, she made sure nobody else sank by giving everything she could. She was always a shoulder for us kids to cry on and there for us when others couldn’t be. We will miss her very much. Love, CJ, Zech, Samantha, Kaylyn, Athena, Josiah, Jackson, & Trinity.