Tom Schroeder
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2013 10:16 pmI received this sad news tonight from Jean Schroeder:
Tom's battle is over. He has said many times that he felt he was on borrowed time for the last 46 years. He has been in a tremendous amount of pain for the past couple of months, so it is finally over for him. He told me several weeks ago that he didn't know pain could be this bad. He had not had any nutrients since 15 Aug and he probably weighed about 125 pounds. He stopped breathing around noon today. As he would say, he has gone to be with the Big Ranger in the Sky.
Williams Funeral Home in Milledgeville, GA will handle the arrangement. Right now I plan to have his service next Saturday at the funeral home. http://www.williamsfuneralhome.net/obituaries/
Thank you all for the cards, emails, the food you have brought over and most of all for the prayers.
Jean
jfstms@bellsouth.net
As predicted before the Spring Reunion, We have lost Tom as well as Dick Kerr...who both attended their last gathering with us in May. It was my previlege to know and serve under both of these fine men.
At the 2013 reunion in May: http://www.ichiban1.org/html/Reunion2013pages/pages/2013reunion115.htm
In Vietnam, 1967: http://ichiban1.org/images/photos/schroeder/pages/schroeder5.htm
Tom's battle is over. He has said many times that he felt he was on borrowed time for the last 46 years. He has been in a tremendous amount of pain for the past couple of months, so it is finally over for him. He told me several weeks ago that he didn't know pain could be this bad. He had not had any nutrients since 15 Aug and he probably weighed about 125 pounds. He stopped breathing around noon today. As he would say, he has gone to be with the Big Ranger in the Sky.
Williams Funeral Home in Milledgeville, GA will handle the arrangement. Right now I plan to have his service next Saturday at the funeral home. http://www.williamsfuneralhome.net/obituaries/
Thank you all for the cards, emails, the food you have brought over and most of all for the prayers.
Jean
jfstms@bellsouth.net
As predicted before the Spring Reunion, We have lost Tom as well as Dick Kerr...who both attended their last gathering with us in May. It was my previlege to know and serve under both of these fine men.
At the 2013 reunion in May: http://www.ichiban1.org/html/Reunion2013pages/pages/2013reunion115.htm
In Vietnam, 1967: http://ichiban1.org/images/photos/schroeder/pages/schroeder5.htm