Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Schafer, Robert C. 2007 ************************************************ 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: Marilyn Ransom mlnransom@chartermi.net September 3, 2010, 2:36 pm The Ionia Sentinel-Standard, Wednesday, December 19, 2007 Robert C. Schafer, aged 84, of Ionia, passed away Dec. 18, 2007. He was born Jan. 10, 1923, the son of Leonard and Agnes (Humphreys) Schafer. He married Josephine Weitzel Dec. 1, 1944 who preceded him in death Jan. 15, 1965. He later married Arleen Trierweiler Nov. 24, 1965. Robert was a WW II Navy vet. He enjoyed golf, fishing, hunting, wood crafting, stain glass work and making jewelry. He was member of Knights of Columbus and SS Peter & Paul Church. Robert is survived by his loving wife of 42 years Arleen Schafer of Ionia; children, Bob (Kelle) Schafer of Belding, Thomas (Cindy) Trierweiler of Lowell, Kathleen Trierweiler of Ionia, Judy (Ed) Clark of Ionia, Glen (Deborah) Trierweiler of Ionia and Diane (Martin) Nosko of Ada; brothers Richard (Trude) Schafer of Ionia and Raymond (Mary) Schafer of Ionia; sister, Virginia McKenna of Lansing; nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by one grandson, Jonathan and sisters Ruth Bauermeister, Luella Boyd, Catherine Poole and Mary Edwards. Memorial services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday at SS Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Ionia with Father Melvin Fox officiating. In lieu of flowers you may make contributions to SS Peter & Paul Church or Hospice of Michigan. Funeral arrangements by Lake Funeral Home of Ionia. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/schafer9350nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb