This manuscript was written by Vernon Fitzgerald about her relatives-in-law, the Toole family. Vernon Fitzgerald Schuder was born Vernon Marie Cleveland in Riverside, Walker County, on July 20, 1916. Her parents were Aubrey Cleveland and Effie Koehl Cleveland. She became the church musician at eleven years old and began her teaching career as a band director after graduating from Sam Houston State University. She served as a high school band director for 35 years.

She married Bill Fitzgerald on May 28, 1938 and they had one son, Bill III. Bill Fitzgerald died in 1963 and in 1964 Vernon became the band director of Eden Texas High School. She married Raymond Jack Schuder on December 24, 1965 and later retired in 1970. Vernon and Bill Schuder moved back to Riverside where she served as Chairman of the Walker County Historical Commission. She was also a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary based on her husband’s military service. Raymond Schuder died on September 17, 1996 in a Conroe. Vernon Schuder died in Huntsville on November 7, 2014.