Mary D. Kaiser, 75, of Dubuque, Iowa, died Saturday, December 15, 2018, at Luther Manor in Dubuque. Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, December 19, 2018, at Resurrection Church in Dubuque. Burial will be in Resurrection Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-7 p.m. Tuesday at the church. Friends may also call from 9-10:15 a.m. Wednesday at the church before the service. Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Services of Cuba City is assisting the family.

Mary was born on January 17, 1943, in Platteville, Wisconsin, the daughter of Ervin and Pauline (Droessler) Schroeder. She graduated from Cuba City High School in 1961. Mary married Thomas A. Kaiser on September 18, 1965, at Holy Ghost Church in Dickeyville.

Mary worked as a beautician and later cut hair for family members for many years. She also worked at Armstrong’s and retired from Medical Associates as a mail courier in 2008. She loved baking and cooking and always had baked goods for family members. Mary enjoyed feeding her birds.

Survivors include her husband, Tom, of Dubuque; two daughters, Tammy (Bill) McDermott, of Swisher, IA, and Sue (Lee) Klein, of Sherrill, IA; two sons, Todd (Stacey) Kaiser, of Dubuque, IA, and Thomas J. Kaiser, of Valpraiso, IN; six sisters, Sister Deanna Schroeder, of Milwaukee, WI, Jeri Lyons and Susan (Don) Barth, both of Cuba City, WI; Ruth (Tom) Kieler and Rose (Doug) Rouse, both of Platteville, WI, and Shirley (Lee) Millman, of Potosi, WI; three brothers, Steve (Mara) Schroeder, of Dickeyville, WI, Tom (friend, Gail Fritschler) Schroeder, of Eau Claire, WI, and Joseph (Donna) Schroeder, of Cuba City, WI; two sisters-in-law, Michelle Schroeder, of Cuba City, WI and Delia Schroeder, of Dickeyville, WI; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Jeff; a brother, Eugene “Gene” Schroeder; a sister, Judy Riniker; a sister-in-law, Marsha Schroeder; two brothers-in-law, Mike Lyons and Walter Riniker; and a nephew, Eric Lyons.

A Mary D. Kaiser Memorial Fund has been established.

A special thanks to the staff of the Memory Care Unit at Luther Manor.

Online condolences for the family may be left at www.caseyfuneralhome.net.