SCHARES, Marie Josephine 1926-1999

SCHARES, YAGER, DITTMER, CONRAD, MUNSON, BLANCHARD

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 7/30/2010 at 12:57:18

GILBERTVILLE -- Marie Josephine Schares, 72, of 6339 Gilbertville Road, died at home Saturday, May 1, 1999, of cancer.

She was born Nov. 25, 1926, in Milo, daughter of Henry and Rosa Yager Dittmer. She married Jerome V. Schares on Sept. 12, 1950, in Milo. He died Oct. 17, 1971.

Mrs. Schares and her husband farmed in the Gilbertville area.

Survived by: four sons, Larry, Kevin and Arnold, all of La Porte City, and Dale of Gilbertville; four daughters, Sr. Roxanne Schares SSND of East Africa, Betty Conrad of Washburn, Karen Munson of Waverly and Janelle Blanchard of La Porte City; 19 grandchildren; a great-grandchild; five brothers, Alban Dittmer of Waterloo, Jerome Dittmer of Lacona, and Bernard, Sylvester and Gerald Dittmer, all of Milo; and a sister, Berniece Dittmer of Des Moines.

Preceded in death by: two brothers, James and Paul Dittmer.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, with burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street, Waterloo, where there will be 3 p.m. Senior Citizen's rosary and a 7 p.m. vigil service. Visitation also for an hour before services Thursday at the church.

Memorials: may be directed to the church, Don Bosco High School or Cedar Valley Hospice.

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