Elizabeth "Betty" Schroeder, 93, formerly of Great Bend, Kansas, had a stroke in her home at Riverview Place in Fargo, North Dakota, April 9, 2008, and passed away June 4, 2008 after a brief stay at Rosewood on Broadway. Elizabeth Josephine Woydziak was born on the family farm in rural Russell County, near Dubuque, Kansas, December 8, 1914 to Alexander and Frances (Hitschmann) Woydziak. She graduated from Dorrance High School, Dorrance, Kansas, in 1932, and attended Dominican School of Nursing in Great Bend. She graduated as a registered nurse in 1935, working at St. Rose Hospital in Great Bend as a private duty nurse. She married Duart A. Schroeder January 30, 1937. They had two sons, Donald in 1938, and Galen in 1942. Mr. Schroeder died May 14, 1993. The family lived at Great Bend, Glasco, Minneola and near Heizer, Kansas. In 1950, Duart's work with Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, took the family on pipeline construction where they lived in Texas and Arkansas. They returned to Great Bend in 1952. Mrs. Schroeder worked at St. Rose Hospital in Great Bend and later became the office nurse for Drs. Leiker, Kendall, and McAllaster for twenty-two years, until her retirement in 1976. Mrs. Schroeder was a member of Prince of Peace Parish at St. Patrick Catholic Church, the Altar Society, and was active in Daughters of Isabella. She served for many years as a Hospital Auxiliary volunteer at Central Kansas Medical Center. In 2005, she moved to Fargo to be closer to her family and made her home at Riverview Place. Survivors include two sons, Donald Schroeder and wife, Dianne, Igo, California; and Galen Schroeder and wife, Mary, Fargo, North Dakota; five grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Duart; a brother, Raymond Woydziak; and a sister, Genevieve Riffel. Altar Society Rosary will be at 4:00 p.m., Sunday, June 8, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home. Vigil Service with Daughters of Isabella Rosary will be at 7:00 p.m. at Bryant Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 9:00 a.m., Monday, June 9, 2008 at St. Patrick Catholic Church, with Father Floyd McKinney celebrant. Burial will be in Great Bend Cemetery. Friends may call from 2:00 to 9:00 p.m., Sunday, June 8, 2008 at Bryant Funeral Home. Memorials are to the Holy Family School Endowment Fund, in care of the funeral home.