Obit: Schief, Gordon (1925-1981)

Contact: Kathleen E. Englebretson
Email: kathy@wiclarkcountyhistory.org

Surnames: Schief, Kalmon, Orris, Seipp, McCarron, Tischendorf, Kronschnabl, Vieth, Herman, Orlikowski

---Source: Marshfield News-Herald (20 April 1981)

Schief, Gordon (30 January 1925-18 April 1981)

STRATFORD-- Gordon A. Schief, 56, Route 1, town of Eau Pleine, died Saturday at his home.

The funeral was this morning at Maurina Funeral Home, Dorchester. The Rev. Clem H. Dozer of Salem United Methodist Church, Dorchester, officiated. Burial was in Evergreen Cemetery, Medford.

Mr. Schief was born January 30, 1925 in Dorchester and graduated from Dorchester High School. On July 7, 1947, he and Genevieve Kalmon were married in Mosinee.

He operated Decker/Schief Hardware Store from 1947-1950, then operated Dorchester Hardware Store until 1960. He moved to Waterloo, Iowa, to operate a hardware store until 1977. He resided here the past three years.

He was a member of Salem United Methodist Church; Abbotsford Masonic Lodge and Order of Eastern Star; Eau Claire Consistory and Zor Schrine; and member and past commander of Leach-Paulson American Legion Post at Dorchester. He had served four years with the U. S. Navy.

Surviving are his wife; a son, Michael of Eau Claire; one daughter, Mrs. Linn (Sara) Orris of Muscatine, Iowa; his father, Dr. A. W. Schief of Dorchester; one sister, Mrs. Norman (Phyllis) Seipp of Dorchester; and two grandchildren. His mother is deceased.

Neil McCarron, Keith Tischendorf, Max Kronschnabl, Reuben Vieth, Clif Herman and Scott Orlilokowki.