Avis Schroder, 70, rural Wykoff, formerly of the Kenneth area, died Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001, in her home.
Memorial services for her were Saturday Dec. 1, at Chatfield Lutheran Church in Chatfield. The Rev. Christine Finsand officiated. Burial will be in Fillmore Cemetery in the spring.
Avis Sunde was born to Ingolf and Alma (Halverson) Sunde on Jan. 24, 1931, in Luverne. She graduated from Bethany Lutheran Academy, Mankato, in 1949.
She married James W. Schroder on Aug. 14, 1951, in Kenneth. They moved to rural Wykoff in 1954. She was a bookkeeper for Nelson TV and Appliance, Orlen Ross Furniture and the Gallery in the Kahler Hotel, all in Rochester.
Mrs. Schroder was a member of Chatfield Lutheran Church and the Wykoff American Legion Auxiliary. She was an avid golfer and enjoyed playing bridge.
Survivors include her husband, James Schroder, rural Wykoff; one son and daughter-in-law, Bill and Glenda Schroder, Pine Island; four daughters and sons-in-law, Sandra and Terry Severson, Judy and Brad Beckman, all of Rochester, Vicki and Donn Schmidt, Onalaska, Wis., and Shirl and Tom Boelter, Chatfield; 12 grandchildren; two brothers, Ralph Sunde, Luverne, and David (Kay) Sunde, Preston; and one sister, Eileen (Walter) Kopp, Kenneth.
Mrs. Schroder was preceded in death by two brothers and one sister.
Memorials are suggested to Seasons Hospice in Rochester.
Riley Funeral Home, Chatfield, was in charge of arrangements.