OBIT: Christena (LEINSETTER) SCHAEFER, 1941, of interest in Somerset County, PA

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CHRISTENA SCHAEFER

Grantsville, Maryland

  Mrs. Christena Leinsetter Schaefer died at her home here about 5 o'clock 
Sunday afternoon, March 30.  She had been ill for many months and for several 
weeks her condition had been critical.  Her advanced age and complications due 
to her years were given as the cause of her death.
  Mrs. Schaefer was 83.  She was born at Lonaconing, August 8, 1857, a daughter 
of Baultis and Catherine Leinsetter, who came to this country from Germany.  She 
was the last surviving member of her family in which there were four children.  
Many years ago she married Henry Schaefer, who died January 17, 1925.  Mrs. 
Schaefer's early life was spent in the Lonaconing community.  She came to 
Grantsville about 1902 and for the past forty years she has made her home in 
this section.  Mr. and Mrs. Schaefer were the parents of eleven children, six of 
whom survive.  They are Henry A. Schaefer, Mrs. Lizzie Lohr, M. William 
Schaefer, Leonard B. Schaefer, James A. Schaefer and Charles Schaefer, all of 
Grantsville.  Eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren also survive.
  In her early girlhood Mrs. Schaefer united with the German Lutheran Church at 
Lonaconing, but upon moving to Grantsville she transferred her membership to the 
German Lutheran Church at Accident.  She always took an active interest in the 
work of her church until her declining years prevented these activities.  She 
was well known in both this and the Lonaconing sections and had a large circle 
of friends.
  Funeral arrangements had not been completed at the time of this writing.

Meyersdale Republican, April 3, 1941