Margaret Ruth Schroeder

Services for longtime Seminole resident Margaret Ruth Schroeder, 89, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 6, 2014, Graveside at Rest Haven Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Seminole.  Viewing will be Sunday, January 5, 2014 at Swearingen Funeral Home from 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M.  The oldest of eight children, Margaret Ruth was born on November 6, 1924 in Kaw City, Oklahoma, to Everett and Ruby (Butler) Evans.  She died December 27, 2013, in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 1942, Margaret Ruth left Oklahoma to work in at the Willow Run Bomber plant, Ypsilanti, Michigan, where she installed radios in B-24 bombers.  After World War II, she moved to Honolulu, Hawaii to work for Pan Am Airlines. On April 14, 1955 in Honolulu, Hawaii Margaret Ruth Evans married Warren F. Schroeder at the First Christian Church. They remained together until his death in 1999. After returning to Oklahoma in 1961, Margaret (Peggy) was active in the local Cub/Boy Scouting programs and later returned to work at JC Penney’s.  After retiring, she volunteered for the Seminole County election board.   Her parents, one sister, and one brother preceded her in death. Margaret Ruth Schroeder has one son, Fred, daughter-in-law, Mona of Corpus Christi, Texas; and granddaughter, Jennifer Schroeder of Houston, Texas.   Funeral Information: January 6, 2014, 10:00 AM Rest Haven Memorial Gardens located at East of Seminole, Seminole, OK 74868