Darrell Dee Schroeter

Darrell Dee Schroeter, the son of Louis and Harriet (Winther) Schroeter, was born June 6, 1939, at St. Anthony’s Regional Hospital in Carroll, Iowa and died November 1, 2020, at the Exira Care Center in Exira, Iowa at the age of 81 years, 4 months, and 26 days.

Darrell attended rural schools in Douglas Township west of Audubon, Iowa and graduated from the Audubon High School with the Class of 1957. After graduation he drove school bus for the Audubon Community School District for a few years and farmed with his father west of Audubon.

On November 4, 1961, he was united in marriage to Bertha Andersen at the Brayton Lutheran Church in Brayton, Iowa. They were blessed with two children, Shelley and David. In the late 1960’s, they purchased Bertha’s family farm west of Exira where he grew row crops and raised livestock. He retired from farming in the early 1990’s and began driving truck for Henningsen Construction where he worked for ten years before fully retiring. During his retirement, he enjoyed helping his son-in-law, Roger during harvest which he did for several years.

Darrell was a member of the Brayton Lutheran Church in Brayton and has served on the Brayton Lutheran Church Council. He loved to go fishing and especially looked forward to their many annual fishing trips with his dad, brother, and cousin. Darrell took much enjoyment following his grandchildren in all their sporting events and was an avid Iowa Hawkeye fan. In his spare time you could find him watching sports or a good western on the T.V. But most of all, he cherished his time wintering in Alamo, Texas with Bertha.

Preceding him in death were his son, David and wife Sheryl Schroeter; his grandson, Chase Petersen; his parents; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Hans C. and Emma (Petersen) Andersen; his maternal grandparents, Jens and Marie (Jensen) Winther; his paternal grandparents, Godfried and Christina (Volkmann) Schroeter; his infant brother, Gary Schroeter; his brother, Rodney and wife Shirley Schroeter; his brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law: Howard “Stoffer” Petersen, Robert L. and wives Dolores and Betty Andersen, Richard A. Andersen, Carol Jayne, Dorothy and husband Donald Jespersen, and Kathryn and husband Eugene Hansen; his nieces and nephews: Kenneth Andersen, Rickie Andersen, Susan Jespersen Scott, Scott Andersen, and Dorci Andersen; his nephew-in-law, Kevin Phillips; his great niece, Meredith Fellows; and his great-great niece, Oakley Weisenborn.

Survivors include his wife, Bertha Schroeter of Exira, Iowa; his daughter, Shelley and husband Roger Petersen of Exira; his grandchildren: Mallory Petersen of Waukee, Iowa, Chelsea and husband Dustin Clouser of Ankeny, Iowa, and Zack Petersen of Waukee; his sisters: Bernadine Petersen of Redfield, Iowa, Peggy and husband Klaus Rasmussen of Arnolds Park, Iowa, Carma and husband Larry Birks of Manilla, Iowa, and Lori and husband Dennis Blessington of Lake View, Iowa; his brother-in-law, Harvey Andersen of Exira; his sister-in-law, Margaret Andersen of Exira; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

Graveside services will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2020 at 11:00 A.M. at the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery west of Exira, Iowa with Pastor Steven Frock officiating. There will be an open visitation on Friday, November 6, 2020 from 9:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M. with the family present from 5:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. and a prayer service held at 6:30 P.M.at the Kessler Funeral Home in Exira. Interment will be in the St. John’s Lutheran Cemetery west of Exira. Masks will be required for the visitation and social distancing will be observed. Everyone is invited to bring a lawn chair for the graveside service. Honorary casket bearers will be: Mallory Petersen, Chelsea Clouser, Dustin Clouser, and Zack Petersen. Memorials are preferred to the family for a later designation. The Kessler Funeral Home in Exira is in charge of Darrell’s arrangements.

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