Schumacher, Thomas Earl (1950 – 2011)

SCHUMACHER, O’NEILL, SVENDSEN, KRAMER, PETERS, GREER

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/7/2013 at 18:49:11

Name of deceased: Thomas Earl "Tom" Schumacher

Aged: 61 yrs, 8 mo, 2 days

Residence: Avoca, IA

Born: March 2, 1950, Defiance, IA

Died: Nov. 4, 2011, Mercy Hospital in Council Bluffs, IA

Funeral services: Mass of Christian Burial: Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011, St. Michael’s Catholic Church, Harlan, IA; Rev. John Frost officiated. Burial was at Graceland Cemetery in Avoca, IA.

Survived by: Wife of 26 years, Linda Schumacher of Avoca, IA; sons, Thomas "Zig" Schumacher (spouse, Jackie) of Harlan, IA, Roger Schumacher (spouse, Jackie) of Tennant, IA, and Dan Schumacher (spouse, Sarah) of Harlan, IA; 6 grandchildren; mother Unis (nee Greer) Schumacher of Harlan, IA; brothers and sisters, Galen Schumacher (spouse, Barb) of Huntington Beach, CA, Berniece (spouse, Russ) O’Neill of Two Mountains, Quebec, Canada, Chuck Schumacher (spouse, Coleen) of Shelby, IA, Steve Schumacher (fiancé, Katie) of Bristol, TN, and Mae (spouse, Brad) Svendsen of Loveland, CO; other family members and many friends

Predeceased by: Father, Mel Schumacher

Education: attended elementary school in Manilla, IA and graduated from the Shelby-Tennant (IA) High School, Class of 1969

Religious affiliation: baptized and confirmed at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Defiance, IA

Military service: no information provided

Marriages: (1) Karen Kramer; 1972; location not indicated (2) Linda Peters; May 25, 1985; Trinity Lutheran Church in Avoca, IA

Employment: He worked on the farm and at Western Engineering before attending machinist school in Kansas City. He returned to Harlan and began working at Harlan Manufacturing. He worked at several gas stations, Jacobs Tool, and had been at Paxton Mitchell in Omaha since 1989, working as a machinist. He had also raised hogs for a while.

Hobbies/Interests: He loved country western music and western movies, especially any movie with John Wayne. He liked playing cards and going to tractor pulls.

Sources: pauleyjones.com