CATHERINE SCHAEFER

SCHAEFER, HUCKE, BEIK, SNYDER, FRENZEL

Posted By: Judy Kelley (email)
Date: 11/30/2012 at 14:34:11

CANCER FATAL TO A WAPELLO WOMAN

MRS. CATHARINE SCHAEFER PASSED AWAY THIS MORNING.

Has Been Sufferer for a Year and Death Was Not Unexpected - Funeral at Grandview.

Mrs. Catharine Hucke Schaefer, the wife of John Schaefer, of Wapello, Ia., passed away this morning at 5 o'clock, at the family residence there, according to the sad message received by friends in this city today. Her death was due to cancer and followed a year's illness. Mrs. Schaefer was for a number of years a resident of this county, making her home for a time near Moscow. Later the family removed to Louisa county, residing for a time at Grandview and later at Wapello. The funeral services will be held at the M.E. church at Grandview on Saturday at 1 p.m., and interment will be made at the Grandview cemetery.

Mrs. Schaefer is survived by her husband, five children and eighteen grandchildren. The children are: Robert Schaefer, of Grandview, Henry and George, of Wapello, Mrs. William Beik and Mrs. H.H. Snyder, of near Grandview. Two sisters, Mrs. Tom Frenzel, and Mrs. Chris. Frenzel, and one brother, Henry Hucke, all of Moscow, also survive her.