OBITUARY: Russell Edward Schaub, 1932-2003, Worth County, Iowa

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                           Russell Edward Schaub
         
Russell Edward Schaub, an executive at Westfield Insurance Company for 17 years
until his retirement in 1999, died suddenly May 3, 2003 of an aortic aneurysm.
He was 70 years old. Funeral service was at the Leroy United Methodist Church
in Westfield Center on Thursday, May 8.

He was born July 20, 1932 in Northwood, IA to Margaret and Earl Schaub. He was
a farm boy who was active in 4-H and excelled as both a student and an athlete.
As the recipient of a Danforth Scholarship in 1950, he attended Iowa Wesleyan
University, where he lettered in three varsity sports (baseball, football,
and basketball) and was an officeholder in his fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha,
and a Blue Key member. He graduated in 1954.

He married Joan Lou Helgeson of Kensett, IA on Dec. 19, 1954. After Russ
completed a brief stint in the Army, they began their lives together as
schoolteachers. Russ taught high school mathematics from 1955-59. When he
received a National Science Foundation scholarship in 1959-60, they moved
to Minneapolis where Russ began a year of post-graduate work at the University
of Minnesota. A first daughter, Diana Jo, was born on July 7, 1959, and a second,
Kathleen Ann on Feb. 22, 1962. Russ entered the corporate world in 1960, serving
in data processing, research, and managerial positions at companies in
Minneapolis and Celina, OH before moving with Joan to Westfield Center
in 1982. He was a member of a number of professional associations and the
recipient of a Chamber of Commerce Boss of the Year Award in 1972. Russ was
a member of the Leroy United Methodist Church, a lifelong Republican, and a
public-spirited citizen. He had served as President of the Board of Public
Affairs in Westfield Center since 1988. Russ was an avid gardener who happily
hauled load after load of mulch and rock, and climbed tall trees chainsaw in
hand. He and Joan were always involved in one or more home improvement projects.
Carpentry, plumbing and electrical work-he did it.

In recent years, he had tackled projects at his daughters' houses in Connecticut
and Baltimore as well. In his spare time, he read widely in history, biography,
and the genre of Western fiction, especially the novels of Louis L'Amour (of
which he had a complete collection). He and Joan traveled extensively throughout
the United States and Canada. They also made trips to Japan, Brazil, Australia,
and Europe. In the past year, he had founded a men's bridge club and was looking
forward to many pleasant gatherings.

He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Joan Lou Schaub; his daughter Diana
Schaub, his daughter and son-in-law Kathleen and Stephen Rudolph, his mother
Margaret Schaub, his sister Ruth (Robb) and his brothers Kenneth and James.





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