Francis "Jake" Schuster, 1914-2005
SCHUSTER, TAKES, STULL, LOES, HOLSCHER, FREDERICK, SOENS, DEBRULAR, GLANZ, SCHAETZLE, BAUM, ZIEGENFUSS, MONAHAN, LANGE, VORWALD, DALTON, KOPACEK
Posted By: Cheryl Moonen (email)
Date: 11/8/2014 at 23:52:34
DYERSVILLE, Iowa - Francis "Jake" Schuster, 91, of Oak Crest Manor, Dyersville, formerly of the Ellen Kennedy Living Center, Dyersville, died Friday, Oct. 21, 2005, at Oak Crest Manor, following a lengthy illness.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at St. Francis Xavier Basilica, Dyersville, with the Rev. Jerry Kopacek officiating. Burial will be in St. Francis Cemetery, where military rights will be accorded by the American Legion Post 137. Friends may call from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Kramer Funeral Home, Dyersville, where there will be a parish scripture service at 5 p.m., a Knights of Columbus rosary at 6 p.m. and the American Legion Post 137 service at 7 p.m.
He was born on March 9, 1914, in Bernard, son of John H. and Anna (Takes) Schuster.
He married Marguerite "Marge" Stull on Oct. 21, 1935, in Dubuque; she preceded him in death on April 27, 1974. They had two children, Lois Ann and Carol Jane. He later married Lorraine Loes Holscher on May 2, 1975, at St. Francis Xavier Rectory, Dyersville.
Jake attended grade school in Cascade and at St. Pat's in North Garryowen and at St. Berchman's Boys School in Marion. He attended St. Francis Xavier High School in Dyersville, and graduated in 1933. Jake then attended Bayless Business College in Dubuque for one year before serving in World War II.
After his basic training in North Carolina, Jake served in the Army Medical Corps. in Chester, England, and then served 11 months in the United States until the end of the war.
During his working years, Diamonds Cafeteria and Hartig Drug Co., both in Dubuque, employed Jake. He also managed Wimpy's Restaurant in the downtown Chicago Loop. Then in 1949, he moved back to Dyersville with his family and worked at Scherrmans Motor Co., and then in the computer department at Crescent Electric in Dubuque and East Dubuque, Ill., where he retired in 1979, after 25 years.
Jake enjoyed bowling, fishing, golfing, playing cards, woodworking and gardening. He was an avid stamp and coin collector. He also enjoyed his grandchildren and working on the Schuster genealogy with his brother, Howard.
Jake was a member of the American Legion Post 137, the Knights of Columbus Council 1734, the Dyersville Area Historical Society, the Dyersville Garden Club and St. Francis Xavier Parish.
Jake was a warm and loving husband, father, grandfather and friend. He touched many hearts.
Surviving are his wife, Lorraine, of Dyersville; his daughter, Carol (Harvey) Frederick, of Dubuque; three grandchildren, Mike Soens, and Jayne (Charles) DeBrular, both of Phoenix, Ariz., and Tom Soens, of Lake Delhi; three great-grandchildren, Tyler Soens and Brady and Cody DeBrular; a step-great-grandson, Matt Glanz; a brother, Howard (Delpha) Schuster, of Dyersville; a brother-in-law, Harley (Peggy) Stull, of St. Louis Park, Minn.; three sisters-in-law, Mary (LaVerne "Mish") Schaetzle and Clarabelle Baum, both of Dyersville, and Lucille Loes, of Chicago; five step-grandchildren, Terry Frederick, Lori (David) Ziegenfuss, Shari Frederick, Suzanne (Tim) Monahan and Tammy (Dennis) Lange; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Marge; a daughter, Lois, at age 21; four brothers, Joseph, Wilfred, Melvin and Earl Schuster; two sisters-in-law, Jan Vorwald and Donna Dalton; and six brothers-in-law, Harry Loes, Bob and John Stull, Gerald Baum, Jack Dalton and Dick Vorwald.
Online condolences may be left for the family at www.kramerfuneral.com .
Thanks so much to the staffs at Ennoble Manor in Dubuque, and Oak Crest Manor in Dyersville, to the people with Hospice of Dubuque, to Father Kopacek and to the many relatives and friends that have given us so much comfort and support during this last while. You all have our heartfelt gratitude.
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