A visitation will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday, October 23, 2026, at Bethesda Lutheran Church in Morrison. Her funeral service will follow at 12:00 p.m., with Rev. Leo Patterson officiating. The Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Interment will be at Grove Hill Cemetery in Morrison. A memorial has been established to Bethesda Lutheran Church and American Cancer Society.
Carol was born March 6, 1934, in Fulton, IL, the daughter of David and Carrie (Engelkens) Wiersema, Sr. She was educated in the rural Whiteside County Grade Schools and graduated from Morrison High School. On February 4, 1955, she married LaVerne C. Schroeder in Morrison. She was first employed at General Electric in Morrison and later worked in the Auditor’s Office at the Whiteside County Courthouse for 28 years. Carol was a member of Bethesda Lutheran Church, where she was active in the Ladies Group and LCW. She was also a member of the Morrison Wa-Tan-Ye Club, where she served as past president. In her free time, she enjoyed shopping and camping in Wisconsin with her family and friends. Carol loved people and cherished the time she spent visiting with family and friends especially, her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband, LaVerne; two daughters, JoEllyn (Lynn) Mackey of Rock Falls, IL and Cheryl (Ernest) Riggen of Morrison, IL; four grandchildren, Alex (Allison) Riggen, Elliott (Jessica) Riggen, Kira (Rolando) Gonzalez and Emily (Nick) Alvarez; five great-grandchildren, Annie Riggen, Arthur Riggen, Adler Riggen, Annelise Gonzalez and Mateo Gonzalez.
She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, David Wiersema, Jr. and Kenneth R. Wiersema.
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