Helen Jo SCHAFER

SCHAFER, SWANKE, SMITH, MOFFITT

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/13/2011 at 16:26:56

OBITUARY ~ HELEN JO SCHAFER
February 9, 1932 ~ May 4, 2011

Helen Jo SCHAFER, daughter of Roy (Foxy) SCHAFER and Mildred (Ginn) SCHAFER, was born February 9, 1932 at home near Stringtown, Iowa. Helen graduated from Cromwell High School in 1950. She moved to Mount Ayr the same year and stated working at Ruth's Café. She would also work at the Shamrock Café. Helen Jo worked 21 years for the local telephone company; beginning in Mount Ayr and later transferring to the office in Chariton, Iowa. Helen Jo retired from Contel Telephone Company in 1987 and moved back to Mount Ayr in 1988.

Helen Jo loved to crochet and was very good at making various items. She crocheted as long as she could 'work the hook.' Helen Jo also made dolls and was a very good candy maker.

Helen passed away on May 4, 2011 at the Ringgold County Hospital in Mount Ayr. She was preceded in death by her parents; brother Robert Allen SCHAFER; sister Lois Ann SWANKE; nephews Mike, Tom, and Ted MOFFITT; niece Judy SMITH; and her trusted and beloved dog Megan.

Survivors include her brother William SCHAFER and wife Wilma of Corning, Iowa; sister-in-law Wilma SCHAFER of Mount Ayr; nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

A memorial fund has been established in her name to be decided later. Services were held Saturday, May 7, 2001, at 2:00 p.m. at Watson-Armstrng Funeral Home of Mount Ayr. Interment at Stringtown Cemetery, Lenox. Watson-Armstrong Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

SOURCE: www.watsonarmstrongfh.com/obituaries.aspx?turl=http://aurora-24708.tributes.com/show/Helen-Schafer-91421201

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2011

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