ROY O SCHAEFFER, Obituary, Fergus Co., MT

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Lewistown paper 12-3-1983
Lewistown, MT - Fergus County
 
Former area resident dies

Memorial services for Roy O. Schaeffer, Cut Bank, will be 2 p.m. Tuesday in St., Paul Lutheran Church in 
Cut Bank.

 Schaeffer, died Saturday in a Cut Bank hospital. Cremation has taken place and interment will be at the 
Crown Hill Cemetery.

He was born in Poneto, IN, and attended schools there and also in Winifred.

He worked in the oil fields near Sunburst before he returned to the Winifred area to farm. He married Bertha 
A. Corth in March, 1923 at Lewistown He farmed until 1942, when he began working as a field gauger for 
the Union Oil Company at Cut Bank. He retired in 1966. He was a past member of the Elks Lodge

Schaeffer is survived by his wife. Bertha of Cut Bank; a daughter, Mrs. Walt (Betty) Bell of Helena; three 
sons, Edgar of Winifred, Roy W. and Charlie, both of Cut Bank; 15 grandchildren and 16 great 
grandchildren.