Individual Details

Census (family)

77 SCHAFER GEO D 28 IA H SCHAFER, DIRK 67 GER GERRIETTS, FANNEY 63 GER IA
78 SCHAFER EMMA 24 IA W ZIMMERMAN, RALPH 61 GER BROKEN, MARGRET 50 IA IA

Death

MONTICELLO EXPRESS....PAGE 15.....DECEMBER 12, 1974
GEORGE D SCHAFER....MONTICELLO
Funeral services for George D. Schafer, 77, were held Friday afternoon, Dec. 6, at Wayne Zion Lutheran church. Rev. Harvey O. Gilbertson officiated.
Burial was in Wayne Zion cemetery. Military honors were presented by the Monticello Drill team.
Mr. Schafer died Dec. 3 at St. Luke's hospital, Cedar Rapids. He had been hospitalized due to a recent hip injury.
He was born in Cass township Jan 13, 1897, son of Dirk H. and Faenke Gerritts Schafer. He received his early education in Jones county schools.
During World War I, he served in the US Army and was a life-time member of Wayne Zion Lutheran church.
On Dec 9, 1920, he married Emma M. Zimmerman. The couple farmed in Wayne township until 1950 when they moved to Langworthy. In 1957 they moved to Monticello.
Mrs. Schafer died in December 1967. Mr. Schafer had made his home at Senior Home in the past two years.
He is survived by two sons, Louis D and Willis R., both of rural Monticello; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. Anna Gerdes, Langworthy.
He was preceded in death by a son, John, and three brothers.
Casket bearers were Lawrence Schafer, Bennie Tobiason, Larry Stoneking, William Corbin, Robert Gerdes, and Ede Renken.