Mary Lois Schrock passed away on September 3, 2024 at the age of 72-years-old in her home of 13 years, Rowan Community, the long-term care facility where she was treated like family by staff and loved by many.
As a child, Mary Lois was shy, kind, loved to laugh and loved to read. She was academically gifted and permitted to skip a grade in primary school. She graduated high school at the top of her class. Upon graduating, she left her small community and family home to attend college. Shortly thereafter, she began to have significant mental health struggles and was diagnosed with Schizophrenia at the age of 19. Unfortunately, she was not able to complete college or live independently past that point.
Despite having a serious mental illness, which greatly impacted her functioning, Mary still lived a life filled with love and her favorite things, like ordering from Avon, Diet Pepsi, Gingersnap Cookies, Pringles, Cinnamon Disks, The Enquirer and Scrabble, to name a few. For much of her life, she lived with her parents – Merlin and Lois Schrock. She and her mother were exceptionally close. They enjoyed watching televised women’s basketball and tuned in daily for their favorite soap operas. Mary assisted mother each morning in completing her daily crossword puzzle and you could find them, almost weekly, enjoying a game of scrabble with Mary’s sister, Susan, who became Mary’s Guardian after her mother passed away.
Mary’s caretakers at Rowan Community, where she passed, always enjoyed her sense of humor and her strong will, noting she was determined to have things done her way and was never afraid to speak her mind.
It brings us peace to think now about Mary Lois being free from the symptoms of Schizophrenia, which tormented her mind for so many years. We can picture her joyfully laughing with her siblings, parents, cousins, aunts, and so many others who loved her dearly and have gone on to heaven before her.
Mary is survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Davis & Sue Schrock, brother-in-law, Ed Hoover, sister-in-law, Shannon Schrock, and her nieces & nephews - Mindy Schrock, Laura Baer, Elisabeth Bailey, Meghan Berner, Kaitlyn Schrock, Emily Schrock, Zechariah Schrock, Isabella Schrock and Christopher Schrock. In addition to her parents, Merlin and Lois Schrock, Mary Lois was preceded in death by her brother, Bruce Schrock and her sister, Susan Schrock.
Mary Lois Schrock will be buried at Olinger Chapel Hill Mortuary & Funeral Home, located at 6601 South Colorado Blvd, Centennial, CO 80121.
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