San Joaquin-Alameda-Stanislaus County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Schaeffer, Max Alfred December 6 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com December 14, 2004, 11:30 am The Record December 10, 2004 Vernalis Max Alfred Schaeffer Dec. 15, 1910 - Dec. 6, 2004 Max Alfred Schaeffer, 93, of Vernalis, passed away on on Monday, December 6, 2004, in Tracy, CA. He was born on December 15, 1910, in Meehan, Alaska. Mr. Schaeffer was Student Body President of Tracy High School and he was the editor of the Daily Californian of the University of California, Berkeley. He served heroically as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Papua, New Guinea, during World War II, where he earned a Bronze Star for bravery. Mr. Schaeffer worked as manager of the Vernalis station of the West Stanislaus Growers Association, and later was manager of the Irvine Bean and Grain Growers Association. Max is survived by his loving family, including his wife of 59 years, June Anna Garlock Schaeffer of Vernalis; children, Jo Ann Raissi of Morgan Hill, William Alfred Schaeffer of Stockton, James Ross Schaeffer of Cupertino, Penny Cook of Menifee, Susan Schaeffer of Corona, and John D. Schaeffer of Vernalis; sons-in- law, Sassan Raissi of Morgan Hill and Paul Cook of Menifee; grandchildren, Jahan Pierre Raissi of San Francisco, Laudan Sarah Raissi of San Francisco, Sean Paul Cook of Mojave Valley, Arizona, Heather Michelle Cook of Irvine, CA; and great grandchildren, Darian Max Raissi and Ryaan Ross Raissi of San Francisco. Visitation and services will be private at Hotchkiss Mortuary, 5 W. Highland Ave., in Tracy, with interment at San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery in Gustine, CA. Memorial contributions in Mr. Schaeffer's name may be made to Sutter Tracy Community Hospital Foundation, Building Fund, 1420 N. Tracy Blvd., Tracy, CA 95376 File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/gob3691schaeffe.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb