Marion Schreiner

Marion P. Schreiner, age 91, of Chadwick, Illinois, passed away, Friday, November 7, 2008 at Good Samaritan Nursing Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at the Hope United Methodist Church, Chadwick, Illinois with reverend Melwyn Alagodi officiating. Burial well take place in Chadwick Cemetery, Chadwick. Visitation will be held from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the Church. Memorials may be made to the Hope United Methodist Church of Chadwick, Illinois in Marion’s name.

Marion was born on March 24, 1917 the daughter of Christopher and Cora Emma (Schreiner) Geison in Chadwick, Illinois. She graduated from Chadwick High School Class of 1935 and later graduated Cosmetology School in Chicago, Illinois, in 1938. On February 17, 1940, Marion married Merlyn Donovan “Mindy” Schreiner in Chadwick, Illinois.

Marion farmed with her husband in the Chadwick area for over thirty years. Marion worked at Guenzler’s Dry Cleaners in Mt. Carroll, Illinois, was a clerk at Chadwick Grocery Store and sold Avon for thirty years. She was a member of Hope United Methodist Church, Chadwick, Carroll County Home Extension Organization, Chadwick Women’s Club, Hospice Volunteer, Carroll County Republican Women, and she was a Sunday School teacher from age fifteen to eighty years old. Marion was also active with the church in many other ways. She enjoyed spending her free time reading and doing embroidery work. Marion also loved to bake. Everyone expecially enjoyed her angel food cake and pies. Most important to Marion was spending time with her family.
Marion will be dearly missed by her two daughters; Darla Krzyzak of Middletown, New York and Angela (Morris) Harms of Rockford, Illinois; five grandchildren, and five great grandchildren; and a sister, Mildred Bogott of Chadwick, Illinois.

Marion was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Merlyn and two brothers, Homer and Robert Geison.