Obituaries Announcements

Lloyd " Nub" Schrader
Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home in Atchison
Cummings, KS

Lloyd “Nub” Schrader, age 82, of Cummings, Kansas, died Thursday, March 5, 2020 at the University of Kansas Medical Center St. Francis Campus, Topeka, Kansas.

Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 14, 2020 at Trinity Lutheran Church with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating.  Interment will follow in Cummings Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Friday, March 13th from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home. Memorial contributions are suggested to Atchison Lions Club or Trinity Lutheran School Grant Fund and may be left in care of the funeral home. Online condolences and memories of Nub may be shared at www.arensbergpruett.com.

Lloyd was born April 21, 1937, in Atchison, Kansas, the son of Lester and Esther (Wright) Schrader. He attended Camp Creek Grade School and graduated from Atchison County Community High School in 1955.

Nub farmed at the family farm and was also a devout school bus driver for forty-eight years for Atchison County Community Schools until his retirement in 2009; he truly loved driving the students and the students loved him. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and numerous sporting activities at Effingham; Nub was an avid fan of the KU basketball and football programs.

He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church and the Atchison Lions Club for over 25 years where he served in various roles for the club.

Survivors include his companion and caregiver of 29 years, Mary Werner; two nieces, Phyllis Schrader, Atchison, KS, Deanne Olson, Muscotah, KS; two nephews, Chuck Schrader, Goddard, KS, Phil Schrader, Cummings, KS, and numerous great nieces and great nephews.

He was like a father and grandfather figure to Mary’s family including her two daughters, Ann Young, Cummings, KS, Shelly Hight, Topeka, KS; one son, Robert Werner, Topeka, KS; five grandchildren, five great grandsons and one great granddaughter.

Nub was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Charles Schrader and a sister-in-law, Grace Schrader.