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Visitation:
4:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday, April 5, 2019 at
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in Mount
Pulaski
Service:
10:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at St. Thomas
Aquinas Catholic Church in Mount Pulaski
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Mount Pulaski
Obituary
Vivian D. Schroth, 99, of Mount
Pulaski, passed away peacefully on April 1, 2019 at
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in Lincoln.
Vivian was born on October 26, 1919 in Lincoln, the
eldest daughter of Russell D. and Edna (Scroggin)
Buckles. She married Joseph A. Schroth on August 28,
1940 in Davenport, IA. He preceded her in death on
January 10, 2001.
Her life will be lovingly remembered by her son, Dr.
Richard (Robin Moore) Schroth of Rockville, MD;
granddaughter, Elizabeth Anne Schroth (Theodore
Hartman); grandson, Richard Andrew Schroth; and
great-grandson, Aiden Robin Hartman. Her younger
sister Mary Alice Dittus resides in Indianapolis,
Indiana. She was preceded her in death by her
parents and her brother, Russell D. Buckles.
Vivian was a lifelong resident of Mount Pulaski.
Descending from two early pioneer families of Logan
County, the Buckles and Scroggin’s families, she was
an avid historian of the town. |
During her long life, she became
friends with many people in the Mount Pulaski area
and made a true contributor to the foundations of
the surrounding community.
People will remember Vivian as a
caring person with a wonderful sense of humor, who
made friends easily and had a strong zest for life.
Vivian was a member of St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic
Church in Mount Pulaski and the Mount Pulaski
Historical Society. She retired after serving as
accounting specialist in the Business Office at
Lincoln College for over 15 years.
Mass will be held for Vivian at 10:00 a.m. on
Saturday, April 6, 2019 at St. Thomas Aquinas
Catholic Church in Mount Pulaski. Visitation will
take place from 4:00-6:00 p.m. on Friday, April 5,
2019 at Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home in
Mount Pulaski. Burial will follow services at Mount
Pulaski Cemetery.
Memorials may be made in Vivian’s name to St. Thomas
Aquinas Catholic Church in Mount Pulaski.
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