Lillian Stair Schroeder McClendon, age 97, passed away Friday, June 17, 2022. She was born October 23, 1924 in Luling, Texas to Waldemar John Schroeder and Lillian Stair Schroeder. She graduated from Luling High School in the ‘Class of 42’ as a salutatorian. After graduation she went to work for Humble Oil and Refining Co. She was later transferred to the district office in Corpus Christi. She met and married Louis McClendon, the love of her life, on April 8, 1948.
After working seven years she resigned from her job to stay home and raise her family, she was a long-time member of the First United Methodist Church and the Jenny Hill Cooper Class. She was also a member of the Friendly Squares Dance Club. She loved to cook, sew, and garden. After the children were grown, she loved to fish with Louis and go in the travel trailer to many places.
Lillian was preceded in death by her husband, son Robert Louis, her parents, brother W.J. Schroeder, Jr., and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins in the Luling area.
She is survived by her daughter Elizabeth Duncan (Paul), grandchildren Jesse Louis and Sarah Elizabeth Duncan; her daughter-in-law Gail McClendon, grandchildren Blake McClendon and Kristen McClendon Studdard (Josh) and two great grandchildren Everly Jane and Colin Robert Studdard. Interment at Luling City Cemetery.
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