Velma Marjorie "Schutz" Krager, RN, 83 fonnerly of Lakeville, died Thursday Feb. 7,2008 at Bethany Village. She was preceded in death by her husband Henry W. Krager in 2002.
Born Dec. 3,1924 in Roslyn, PA she was the daughter of the late Henry and Effie (Ulbricht) Albright Schutz. In 1943 she graduated from Simon Gratz High School in Philadelphia and then attended the Pennsylvania School of Nursing. After graduating she worked at Stetson General Hospital in Philadelphia.
In 1944 she joined the US Army and was a nurse in the Women's Army Corps. She was stationed at Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island.
Velma became active in WIMSA which was the organization that helped dedicate the Women's War Memorial in Washington D.C.. In 1997 she became the first woman to be Grand Marshall in the Honesdale Memorial Day Parade.
She was an active member of the former Christian Science Society of Hawley, Audubon Soc. of NEPA and the American Legion Post 0945 of Wormleysburg,
Surviving is her daughter Victoria Maria Swift ofLakeville; sons Bruce Chandler and wife Catherine ofLakeville, Wayne Kristian Krager of Honesdale, and Major Gregory Andrew Krager of O'Fallon, IL; grandchildren Austin Krager, Brenda Bourg, and Sarah Larsan; great grandchildren Christopher and Spencer Larsan and Day Bourg; and close family friend Vincent W. Martone.
She was preceded in death by her brother Wilmont Henry Schutz.
 Her funeral service will be Monday at 11 a.m. at the Hessling Funeral Home, 428 Main St. Honesdale. Friends may visit the funeral home on Sunday from 2-4 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be sent to Diakon Hospice St. John, 416 Main St. Suite D Honesdale, PA 18431 or Bethany Village 150 Noble Ln. Bethany, PA 18431.