ASHER SCHROEDER, WHO WILL BE 89 IN MAY, 2014, WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MAQUOKETA. AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN MAQUOKETA HE WENT TO SERVE IN WORLD WAR II. AFTER THE SERVICE HE GOT HIS LAW DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA, WAS JACKSON COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR 3 TERMS AND WAS APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT JOHNSON TO BE A U.S. ATTORNEY FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA. UPON RETIREMENT, HE AND HIS WIFE CATHERINE RETIRED TO MAQUOKETA. THEY HAD 3 SONS. HIS WIFE DIED QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO AND HE REMAINS ACTIVE AS A MEMBER (PAST PRESIDENT) OF THE JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY AND TREASURER OF THE MAQUOKETA ROTARY CLUB. HE SERVED WITH THE US ARMY 4TH INFANTRY DIVISION AND IN 1944 WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION AND TAKEN TO A POW CAMP. HIS DESCRIPTION OF HIS MILITARY LIFE IN 1944 AND INTO 1945 WAS PRESENTED AT A JANUARY ROTARY MEETING AND AGAIN AT A MAQUOKETA STATE BANK STAFF MEETING ON JANUARY 31, 2014.
VIDEO FOOTAGE BY DENNIS VOY
VIDEO EDITING BY DAVID VOY
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