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Betty Marie Schaffner, 28 Apr 1931 - 20 May 2018

SCHAFFNER, FANCHER, HIMLER, FISHER, OEHL, GREENE, GRIMM

Posted By: Sandy Ficken (email)
Date: 11/1/2018 at 15:30:24

Celebration of life service for Betty M. Schaffner, 87, North English, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 24, at Powell Funeral Home, North English. She died Sunday, May 20, 2018, at the English Valley Care Center, North English.

David Grimm will officiate at the service.

Burial will be in the Zion Cemetery north of Millersburg.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 23, at the Powell Funeral Home, North English.

A general memorial fund has been established.

Messages and tributes may be left at www.powellfuneralhomes.com .

Betty Marie Schaffner was born April 28, 1931, in English Township, Iowa County, Iowa, the daughter of Arthur Edward and Alda (Fancher) Himler. She graduated from Millersburg High School in 1949.

On Jan. 11, 1951, she married Russell Benjamin Schaffner. They farmed around the Millersburg area. Betty was a homemaker and farm wife, sold Avon, did babysitting and was a cook for the Deep River-Millersburg School district for 19 years. She was also a summer cook for East Iowa Bible Camp occasionally.

She was a member of the Millersburg Methodist Church. She enjoyed going to auctions and garage sales, cooking, square dancing, playing cards and playing and communicating with young kids. She also enjoyed trying to keep up with all the Millersburg people that she knew.

Betty is survived by her seven children, Gary (Marnita) Schaffner, Patricia (Arlen) Fisher, Stephen Schaffner, all North English; Charlene Oehl, Millersburg; Mary (Bryan) Greene, North English; David Schaffner, Deep River, and Deborah (David) Grimm, Millersburg; 21 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren and all others who called her grandma and mom.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Russell; brother and sister-in-law, Dick and Bonnie Schaffner; and a great-granddaughter, Joely Jane Schaffner.

Williamsburg Journal Tribune, 30 May 2018
English Valleys Star 50 May 2018
The Gazette, 22 May 2018


 

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