Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Schafer, Henry 1949 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net November 20, 2016, 12:00 pm Ionia Daily Sentinel, 22 Sep 1949 Henry Shafer, 82, of Pewamo died at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at his home after suffering a stroke Tuesday evening. He has been in general poor health all summer. He lived on a farm three miles southeast of Pewamo until six years ago when he moved into the town of Pewamo. He was a member of St. Joseph’s church in Pewamo and of the Holy Name society. Surviving are the wife, Theresa; seven daughters, Mrs. Mary Gensterblum and Mrs. Ben Smith of Portland, Mrs. Frank Stump and Mrs. Charles Cook of Pewamo, Miss Ann Shafer of Lansing, Mrs. Joseph Hauck of Ionia and Sister Myrona of Souix City, Iowa; and five sons, William of Pewamo, Edward of Clare, Otto and Louis of Westphalia and George of Pewamo. Of the twelve children, nine were at the bedside of their father at the time of his death. The body is at the home in Pewamo. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/schafer33448nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb