CATEGORY: Event TYPE: Obituary DATE: 12 Jun 2018 NOTE: Emma M. (Kilian) Schremser, 84
Webster - Emma M. (Kilian) Schremser, 84, of Elaine Street, died June 12, 2018, at Beaumont of Northborough. She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Wesley W. Schremser who died in 2005. She is survived by two daughters, Laurie J. Condos and her husband George of Marco Island FL, and Jeri-Lynn Berlin and her husband Jonas of Hopkinton MA; four deeply loved grandchildren, Elizabeth Condos, Emily Condos, Kent Berlin, and Erik Berlin; two sisters, Jeanette Gion of Thompson, CT, and Brenda Lukasek of Webster. Predeceasing her were three brothers, Oscar Kilian Jr., Albert Kilian, and Milton Kilian and a sister, Margaret Whitehouse. She was born in Webster, daughter of the late Oscar and Emma (Reich) Kilian, and was a lifelong resident of Webster. She graduated from Bartlett High School in Webster in 1951.
Mrs. Schremser was very involved in the former Emanuel Lutheran Church in Webster, as a communicant, Sunday school teacher, and Financial Secretary. She was currently a member of Zion Lutheran Church in Oxford. She also played a pivotal role in the upbringing of several nieces and great nieces and nephews. Additionally, she was always supportive of the young people in her life encouraging them to take that next career step or challenge themselves with a college education. She was a generous and compassionate woman, albeit remaining anonymous most of the time, particularly when slipping envelopes with Christmas bonuses to her friends at Dunkin Donuts. Throughout the years, she took great joy in sending friends and family lovely cards. She touched many lives and will be missed.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday June 15, 2018, at Zion Lutheran Church, 70 Main St., Oxford. Burial will follow at Mount Zion Cemetery in Webster. Calling hours are Friday from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., at Paradis-Givner Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oxford, prior to the church service. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests a donation in Emma's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105.
