Viorene E.

(Emery) Schroeder

Viorene Eleanor (Emery) Schroeder, 87 of Watertown, passed away at Rainbow Hospice Inpatient Center on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.

Viorene was born to DeWitt and Laurelda Emery in Hixton, Wis. on December 13, 1937. She grew up in the Sauk City area and graduated from Sauk City High School. While working at Wisconsin Dairy she met Kenneth W. Schroeder and the two were married on June 19, 1956. The couple was blessed with seven children and made their home in the Sauk Prairie area, Black Earth and Verona. They moved to Lake Mills in 1974, where they lived for the next 39 years, until they moved to rural Watertown. Ken and Vi spent 62 years together before his death.

Viorene spent her life supporting her husband and children in all of their endeavors while her husband was working on the family farm and working many jobs throughout the years. She also worked at Creekwood Farms for 23 years. In retirement Viorene watched many of her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She took classes to learn to make dolls and was an amazing seamstress who loved to sew, make porcelain dolls, stuffed animals and crochet. She shared her talents with many helping her children and grandchildren with dresses and countless sewing projects over the years. Viorene was also a talented home cook and baker. Her family will miss her freezer cookies and other treats. She was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Lake Mills.

Viorene is survived by her children David (Diana), Susan (Robert), Darren, Elizabeth (Andy) Williams, Timothy (Cindy) and Thomas (Mandee); daughter-in-law Kathy; 21 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren and one great-great grandchild and other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband Kenneth, son Jerry, grandson Brian, great granddaughter Milli, her parents, siblings: Lee, Marcella, Catherine, Helen, Joan, Janice and Karen.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, Sept. 30 from 5-7 p.m. at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 1530 S. Main St., Lake Mills. A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 11 a.m. Friends may call starting at 10 a.m. until the time of service at the church.

Burial will be in the St. Paul's Ev. Lutheran Cemetery.

Special thanks to the staff at Rainbow Hospice Care, Visiting Angels and Comfortably at Home.

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