Obit: Schaefer, George H. (1899 - 1978)

Contact: Dolores (Mohr) Kenyon
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Surnames: Schaefer, Silkey, Brown, Friberg, Johnson, Bennett, Runge, Sloan, Schultz, Schwellenbach, Bensen, Voxx, Opelt, Harder, Mills, Sanford

----Source: Clark County Press (Neillsville, Clark Co., WI) 4/20/1978

Schaefer, George H. (5 January 1899 – 16 April 1978) With Flag

Funeral services were to be held at 1:30 p.m. at the United Church of Christ at Christie for George H. Schaefer, 79, of Rt. 3 Neillsville. The Rev. Lourinda Sanford was to be in charge, and burial was to be made in the Town of Weston Cemetery. A veteran of World War I, Mr. Schaefer died suddenly in Marshfield Sunday.

He was a life-long resident of the Town of Weston, where he was born to Mathias Schaefer and Emma Silkey Schaefer on January 5, 1899. He received his education in the Town of Weston and served in the Navy aboard the battleship Wisconsin during the first World War. Following his discharge, he returned to Weston, where he engaged in farming in the Christie area until his retirement in 1959.

On August 30, 1930, he was married in Winona, Minn. to Vernice Brown, who survives, and other survivors are three children, Mrs. Ashley (Verna) Friberg of Santa Clara, Calif., Mrs. Gaylord (Mable) Johnson of Port Edwards, and Mrs. Bradley (Elva) Bennett, Wisconsin Rapids; also, a sister, Mrs. Pearl Runge of Neillsville and seven grandchildren.

He was a member of the United Methodist Church at Christie and the Clark County Historical Society

Mr. Schaefer’s funeral service.. 4/27/1978

The United Methodist Church in Christie served as the funeral site for George H. Schefer, 79, who passed away on April 16, with the Rev. Lourinda Sanford officiating at the 1:30 p.m. services on April 19, and burial was made in the Town of Weston Cemetery.

Dan Sloan sang “Let The Lower Lights Be Burning” and “Amazing Grace,” accompanied by Betty Schultz. Pallbearers were Ben Schwellenbach, Ralph Bensen, Wayne Voxx, Bernard Opelt, Rene Harder and Lee Mills.