Beverly Marie Schrader

Beverly Marie Schrader, 71, of Greeley, Colorado, died Sunday, May 28, 2017 after a year-long battle with cancer. She was born on June 23, 1945 at the family home in Guernsey, Iowa to Harvey John and Martha Ida (Schultz) Wiedemeier.

Beverly grew up in Victor, IA, and attended St. John’s Lutheran Grade School. She graduated from HLV High School. On December 18, 1966, she married Richard Schrader in Victor. They had known each other since they were 8 years old. They recently celebrated their 50 year wedding anniversary.

Originally they moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Then moved to Fort Lewis, WA where Richard was in the Army. Upon discharge, they returned to Cheyenne, Wyoming in 1971. They moved to Sheridan in 1978, and Beverly worked for the Sheridan County Grantsman and then the State Department of Family Services. In 1999, after Richard retired, they moved to Greeley, Colorado, and Beverly continued working part-time at the North Colorado Therapy Center.

She was a very active member of Trinity Lutheran Church, especially with the LWML group. She really enjoyed her membership with both the Red Hat Society and the Investment Club in Greeley. Beverly volunteered for nearly ten years at the gift shop at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.

The couple enjoyed multiple trips to the Caribbean with close friends and also enjoyed attending the Rockies and Broncos games in Denver. Together with her daughter, Beverly loved hiking the Colorado “14ners” and completed six by the time she was 62 years old.

Beverly is survived by her husband, Richard of Greeley; daughter, Jody Legg (Emery Legg) of Golden; son, Clint Schrader (Monica) of Camarillo, California; grandson, William Schrader; granddaughter, Reagan Schrader; sister, Lois Winegarden of Deep River, Iowa; brother-in-law, Herbert Schrader and wife Ann Schrader of Greeley, Colorado; 8 nephews and 5 nieces.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Harvey and Martha; sister, Norma McGuire; brother, Gerald Wiedemeier; brother-in-law, Richard Widmer; and nephew Mark Widmer.

A Celebration of Beverly’s Life will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 4, 2017 at Trinity Lutheran Church in Greeley, CO.

Memorials are suggested to American Cancer Society in care of Stoddard Funeral Home, 3205 West 28th Street, Greeley, Colorado 80634.

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