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Agnes Elizabeth (Van Horn) SCHAFFER TISH

TISH, GRANDON, VAN HORN, SCHAFFER, JONES, PARKER, SOPPELAND, SMITH, HARBACHECK

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:46

July 14, 1918 ---- October 22, 1992

AGNES E. TISH
Agnes Elizabeth Van Horn was born July 14, 1918, the daughter of Thomas and Mary Grandon Van Horn, at Humboldt. She received her education in the Humboldt community schools. She was united in marriage to Harry C. Schaffer on January 24, 1938, at the St. Mary's Catholic Church in Humboldt. He died in 1963. She was married to Marvin L. Tish of Clear Lake on September 4, 1965 at the Holy Family Catholic Church in Mason City. Following their marriage, they lived in Mason City and various other communities, before making Eagle Grove their home in 1988. While in Mason City, she was employed as a nurses aide at St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Eagle Grove.

Agnes E. Tish died at the Hamilton County Public Hospital in Webster City, October 22, 1992 following an extended illness. She was 74 years, three months, and eight days of age.

She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Wayne; and her first husband. She is survived by her husband, Marvin; a son, Harry C. Schaffer of Waukegan, Ill.; a step-son, Delano Schaffer of Leon; three daughters, Elizabeth Jones of Marshalltown, Harriett Parker of Gig Harbor, Wash., and Virginia Schaffer of Mason City; three brothers, John VanHorn, Humboldt; Gene Van Horn, Germantown, Tenn., and Edward VanHorn of Walker, Minn:; three sisters, Edith Soppeland, Eagle Grove, Mrs. Verne (Mary) Smith of Gilmore City, and Mrs. Leo (Frances) Harbacheck of Mason City; 16 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held Saturday, October 24 at the Sacred Heart Church in Eagle Grove with the Rev. Wayne Droessler officiating at the 10 a.m. service. Burial was in the St. Mary's Catholic Church cemetery, Humboldt. Kastler-Babcock Services, Eagle Grove, was in charge of arrangements.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove Iowa
November 4, 1992


 

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