SCHAEFER, Rose Mary 1923-2011

SCHAEFER, MCGARVEY, KLEIN, EICK, FRANCIS, SIEBEL, HUGHES, EDSILL, GILBERT, KRESSIG, LOFTUS

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 11/6/2011 at 21:09:19

[Waterloo Courier, Sunday, September 18, 2011]

EAGLE CENTER - Rose Mary Schaefer, 88, of Eagle Center, died Friday, Sept. 16, at Windsor Care Center in Cedar Falls of natural causes.

She was born Feb. 15, 1923, in Eagle Township, daughter of Lewis and Helen McGarvey Klein. She married Willmer J. Schaefer Nov. 24, 1943, at St. Mary's. He died Dec. 23, 1993.

She was a homemaker and teacher.

Survived by five daughters, Miriam (Robert) Eick of Dyersville, Mary ( Howard ) Francis of Decatur, Ill., Jeannette of Waterloo, Elaine (Joe Jr.) Siebel of Eagle Center and Coleen Hughes of Dubuque; five sons, Kenneth (Sharon) of Rice Lake Wis., Richard (Crystal), Leo (Linda) and Tim, all of Waterloo, and Chris (Sheila) of Bellevue, Neb.; 28 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Margaret Edsill of Cedar Falls, and Wilma Gilbert and Kathleen, both of Waterloo.

Preceded in death by a daughter, Carolyn; a son, Raymond; a granddaughter, Cynthia Marie Eick; a great-grandchild; two brothers, Dan and Patrick Klein; and three sisters, Alice Klein, Dorothy Kressig and Monica Loftus.

Services: 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at St. Mary of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, with burial in church cemetery. Public visitation from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at the church, with a 5 p.m. rosary by the Catholic Daughters of the Americas. Visitation will continue for an hour before services Monday at the church. Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street is in charge of arrangements.

Memorials may be directly to the family.

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