Martin Junior SCHAEFERLE, MD

SCHAEFERLE, SLICKER, FIDDICK

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:53

Martin Junior Schaeferle, MD

July 5, 1917 -- December 15, 1995

Martin J. Schaeferle was born July 5, 1917, to Martin F. Schaeferle and Sena Slicker, in the town of Garwin, Iowa. He grew up in Garwin, received his BA from Cornell College in Iowa and graduated from medical school at the University of Iowa in 1941. Martin J. Schaeferle and (Catherine) Anne Fiddick were married December 29, 1940. She returned to Osage in 1943 while Martin served in the armed forces in Europe. Upon his return, they moved to Eagle Grove, where they remained for 30 years. In 1974, they moved to Chapel Hill, N. C., where Dr. Schaeferle became a staff member of the University of North Carolina student health department. After his retirement in 1984, they continued to reside in Chapel Hill.

Dr. Schaeferle was a successful and beloved family practitioner. He will be remembered as a gentle and generous man, who loved his family, his patients, and his chosen profession. He was active in Rotary, the School Board, and several other civic organizations. Over the years, they developed many lifetime friendships while in Eagle Grove.

Dr. Schaeferle died December 15, 1995, following a brief illness. Martin J. Schaeferle is survived by their three sons, Martin Schaeferle, III, and his wife, Mary-Helen, of Austin, Texas, Richard Allen Schaeferle of Godfrey, Ill., and Tom Lynn Schaeferle, and his wife, Sally, of Vancouver, B. C., Canada; and by five grandchildren, Martin Scott, and his wife, Kimberly, Matthew Craig, Quentin Drake, Blake Alexander, and Hunter Allen, and two great grandchildren, Lauren Nicole and Gavin Martin.

A memorial service to celebrate the life of Martin J. Schaeferle will be held at the United Church of Christ in Eagle Grove on Monday, September 22, 1997, at 2 p.m.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
September 17, 1997

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Martin Junior Schaeferle, MD
CHAPEL HILL, NC -- Martin Junior Schaeferle, 78, of 603 Eden Ln., died Friday, December 15. Arrangements are by The Cremation Society of The Carolinas.

Herald-Sun -- Durham, North Carolina
December 24, 1995

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[interment in Rose Hill Cemetery in Eagle Grove, Iowa]