Payette County ID Archives Obituaries.....Schaeffer, Otto 1992
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Argus Observer 9-17-1992
Argus Observer
Ontario, Oregon
Thursday, September 17, 1992
 
Otto Schaeffer
 
FRUITLAND -- Otto Schaeffer, 74, Fruitland, a retired Union Pacific railroader 
died Sept. 16, 1992, in a Payette nursing facility.  Graveside services will 
be 2 p.m. Friday at Park View Cemetery, New Plymouth.  The Rev. Earl Traughber 
of the Church of the Brethren, Fruitland, will officiate, under the direction 
of Shaffer Jensen Memory Chapel, Payette.
 
He was born June 26, 1918, in Ft. Collins, Colo., the son of Henri and 
Elizabeth Leonhert Schaeffer.  After his military service he moved to Weiser 
and started working for Union Pacific Railroad as a gandy dancer.  He spent 
many years working for Robinette Branch of track near Weiser.  He moved to 
Payette in 1954.  On Dec. 20, 1955, in Humboldt County, Nev., he married Ada 
A. Pine who preceded him in death, Feb. 29, 1992.  They moved to Fruitland in 
1961 where he has since resided.  He enjoyed fishing.
 
Survivors include a brother, Gene Schaeffer of Citrus Heights, Calif.; four 
sisters, Emma Welch, Mapleton, Ore., Caroly (Carolyn ?)Esparza of Mabton, 
Wash., Bertha Schaeffer of Gering, Neb., and Martha Griess of Cheyenne, Wyo.; 
a nephew Gary Sauer of Boise, and a step-son Colee McKenzie.  He was also 
preceded in death by two brothers, Harry and Walter, and a sister, Clara.
 
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Shaffer Jensen Memory 
Chapel, Payette.

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