INGO CHRISTIAN SCHROEDTER

December 22, 1957 – July 19, 2025

Ingo Christian Schroedter was born in Germany on December 22, 1957. He was the fourth of five children born to Ernest and Mathilde Schroedter (née Pohl). The family immigrated to Manitoba in 1961 and moved to a farm in the Interlake that same summer.

In 1962 Ingo attended a one room school in Hilbre when the teacher made space for him despite there being no kindergarten so he could learn to speak English. He graduated from Ashern Collegiate and attended the University of Winnipeg on scholarship.

After one year at the U of W, Ingo started working for Motor Coach Industries as a welder. For years he lived at the Oikos Co-Op on Wellington Crescent. It was at this time that he began his 14-year journey from White Belt to Tae Kwon Do Master.

Ingo began his studies anew at Red River Community College in Medical Laboratory Technology, graduating in 1982 and entering the field at the University of Manitoba to work under Dr. Henry Friesen; he was thereafter recruited to take on what would become his life’s work at the HSC Haematopathology Lab where he stayed until retiring in 2018 as a Senior Technologist. Ingo was a pioneer in bringing molecular genetics testing and diagnostic research into the clinical field, as a prolific author with dozens of publications over the decades and hundreds of citations he contributed to and impacted innumerable research projects. His range of interests and expertise was vast, from rat pituitary glands to women’s health, and he was respected for his creativity and unique approach to finding solutions. He would often say, “DNA is my life”.

On August 6, 1983 he married Iris Margaret Perchaluk. They have two children, Christian Ingo Perchaluk Schroedter and Artemis Iris Perchaluk Schroedter. Ingo cherished his family above all else.

Ingo loved hunting, foraging, and competitive target shooting. He generously shared meat from the hunt with his friends and their relatives. He was a big proponent of independent farms and the back to the land movement, and as a man of action considered it his duty to fight systems of oppression often forming personal connections with those in need. He was everyone’s best friend.

Ingo is survived by his wife Iris, children Christian (Johsa Manzanilla) and Artemis (Pat Neufeld), grandson Jürgen, siblings: Monika Tritthart, Erika O’Sullivan (Jim Miller), Peter Schroedter, Dagmar Schroedter (Gene Smoliak), and numerous nieces and nephews. He is predeceased by his parents, Ernie Schroedter and Tillie (Pohl) Schroedter; father-inlaw, Norman Perchaluk; brother-in-law Charlie Tritthart; and his beloved grandson, Wolfgang.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Ingo’s memory to Ducks Unlimited Canada and Willow Place.