Obit: Schafer, Gary L. (1945? - 2015)

Contact: Robert Lipprandt
bob@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Bouyoucas, Cooper, Dillehay, Kintigh, Mansel, Pocock, Rau, Rees, Rhys, Rose, Schafer, Weiler, Wipf

----Source: The Star News (Medford, WI) 10/08/2015

Schafer, Gary L. (1945? - 3 OCT 2015)

Gary L. Schafer, 70, husband of Jill Rees Kintigh, died Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 in Greenville, SC.

Born in Pittsfield, Ill., he was the son of Aleene Schafer. Mr. Schafer served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was awarded the Bronze Star.

He was a retired dairy farmer and attended Fellowship Greenville in South Carolina. In Wisconsin, he was director of Taylor County Farm Bureau, chairman of Taylor County Republican Party, was a member of the Medford Cooperative, Taylor County Electric Cooperative, and Foremost Dairy U.S.A. He was Commander, Sr., Vice Commander, Jr. Commander and Adjutant for VFW Post 5729 Medford.


Surviving, in addition to his wife, are children, John Christian Schafer and wife Jennifer, of Neenah; Timothy Conrad Schafer and wife Cassie, of New Richmond; Thomas Edmund Schafer of Chicago, Ill.; Ted Anthony Schafer and fiancé Tammy Weiler of Medford; and Julie Ann Schafer and special friend Bobby Rau of Dorchester; grandson, Samuel Cooper; mother, Aleene Schafer Bouyoucas and husband, George, of Holliday, Fla. He was a special father to Jill’s children, Cherith Kintigh Stoner of Greenwood, S.C. and Christian William Kintigh and wife, Eva of Baltimore, Md.; grandchildren, Jakob Charles Rhys and Evangelina Rose; mother-in-law, Donna Yurs Rees of Elgin, Ill.; sisters, Wendy Rees Pocock of Charlotte, N.C. and Penny Rees Dillehay and husband Gale, and Terry Lynn Rees, all of Elgin, Ill.

He was preceded in death by his first wife, Mary Mansel, and father-in-law, William John Rees.


Funeral Services for Gary will be held at noon, Saturday, Oct. 17, at First Baptist Church in Medford, Deacon Steve Schafer and Pastor Brian Wipf will officiate. Visitation will be held at First Baptist Church from 10 a.m. until the time of services. Burial will follow in Pine Hill Cemetery, Curtiss.

Hemer Funeral Service has been entrusted with arrangements.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to VFW Post # 5729, 240 S. 8th Street, Medford, WI.

Note: Birth date information was not published with obituary.