Donnie G. Schroer Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Donnie G. “Don” Schroer, 83 of Kearney, died Saturday, August 04, 2018 at the CountryHouse in Kearney. Funeral services will be 9:30 AM, Saturday at O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney. Chaplain Larry Michael-Rush will officiate. Interment will be in the Kearney Cemetery with military honors conducted by the National Guard Honors Team, VFW Post 759 and American Legion Post 52 of Kearney. Visitation will be 5-7 PM, Friday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to AseraCare Hospice in Kearney or to the Alzheimer’s Association. Online condolences may be shared at osrfh.com. O’Brien Straatmann Redinger Funeral Home in Kearney is in charge of arrangements. Donnie was born February 23, 1935 in Kearney to Charlie E. and Bettie D. (Fox) Schroer. He was a 1953 graduate of Kearney High School. He was married to Nancy J. Miller in Kearney on July 19, 1953. Nancy died on August 30, 1998. He served in the Army from 1957-59 stationed in Germany. After his honorable discharge from the service he worked as a meat cutter for OP Skaggs in Grand Island and the IGA store in Kearney. For most of his career he was a cabinet builder and did woodworking. Hobbies included woodworking, making and repairing stain glass windows, hunting, fishing and camping. He was a past member of the Kearney Elks Club and affiliated with the First United Methodist Church in Kearney. Survivors include daughters, Chris J. (Chris) Preble of Kearney and Amy J. (Kirby) Wilson of Kearney, granddaughter, Taylor Hosick of Kearney and Skyler Wilson of Kearney, brothers, Fay of Kearney and Elmer (Karen) Schroer of Gibbon. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, Nancy, sisters, Leona O’Neill and Minnie Ingram and brothers, Melvin, Everett, Dale and Roy.

Donnie G. Schroer

February 23, 1935 - August 4, 2018