SCHAEFER, Herman E. (1911-1992)

SCHAEFER, JACOBSON, BOEKELMAN, CATALDO, YOUNG, STORCK, TEGTMEYER, CORPORON

Posted By: Hancock Co Genealogical Society
Date: 1/27/2024 at 15:32:01

Herman Schaefer
1911-1992

Services for Herman Schaefer, 80, of Britt, who died Saturday, March 28, 1992 at Hancock County Memorial Hospital in Britt, will be held 11 a.m., Wednesday, April 1, at First Lutheran Church in Britt with Rev. James Mattson as officiant.

Mrs. Tom Buns, organist, will accompany Mrs. Ramona Jacobson and Brent Cataldo, who will sing as a duet. Ushers will be Maynard Holck and Paul Smith.

Casket bearers will be Herman's eight grandchildren, Ramona Jacobson, Paul Boekelman, Brian Cataldo, Brent Cataldo, Kristine Cataldo, Sandy Young, Michael Boekelman and Susie Boekelman.

Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery in Britt. Visitation will be at the Cataldo Funeral Home in Britt from 2 until 9 p.m., Tuesday.

Herman Edwin Schaefer, the son of Rudolph and Minnie (Storck) Schaefer, was born July 23, 1911 on a farm near Sheffield. He received his education in the rural schools near Sheffield. In 1934, he moved with his family to a farm north of Wesley where he farmed with his parents and also did custom corn shelling.

February 14, 1939, he married Alice A. H. Tegtmeyer at First Lutheran Church in Britt. They lived with his parents for 13 months and then moved northeast of Wesley where they farmed until 1948, when they moved northwest of Britt. In 1966, they moved north of Britt, across from the Britt Golf course. In 1982, they retired from active farming and in 1991, moved into Britt. He had delivered motor homes for Winnebago Industries.

Herman and Alice had spent their winters in Weslaco, TX. His joy was traveling in their motor home and time spent with family and friends. He was a handyman who enjoyed "tinkering" in his machine shop!

He was a member of First Lutheran Church where he had served on the Planning Committee and Building Committee for the new church. He belonged to the Farmer's Britt Co-op where he had served on the board. He was also a Britt Township Trustee for a number of years.

He is survived by his wife, Alice Schaefer of Britt; three daughters, Mrs. Maxine Boekelman and her husband, Harold of Britt and their two children, Mrs. Ramona Jacobson and her husband, Michael, and their three children, Jennifer, Marcus and Megan and Paul Boekelman, Mrs. Beverly Cataldo and her husband, Dean of Garner, and their children, Brian, Brent and Kristine, and Mrs. Doris Boekelman and her husband, George of Britt, and their children, Mrs. Sandy Young and her husband, Terry, and their children Michael and Susie; his brother, Clarence Schaefer and his wife, Carrie of Britt; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Alene Schaefer of Rockwell.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a sister, Mrs. Juanita Corporon; and his twin brother, August Schaefer.

source: Leader & Signal, Garner, Iowa, 1 Apr 1992, page 6, column 1