1923 - 2005 (81 years)
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Name |
Adam Henry Schaeffer |
Suffix |
Jr |
Born |
14 Nov 1923 |
Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
10 Apr 2005 |
South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Buried |
Saint John's (Hain's) Church Cemetery, Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania |
Person ID |
I132665 |
Strausstown Roots | Hiester.Y |
Last Modified |
16 Mar 2022 |
Father |
Adam Henry Schaeffer, b. 07 Dec 1888, South Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 17 Aug 1963, Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 74 years) |
Mother |
Louisiana Gerhart, b. 19 Oct 1883, Lower Heidelberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania , d. 15 Oct 1970, Wernersville, Berks County, Pennsylvania (Age 86 years) |
Married |
20 Apr 1912 |
Family ID |
F48646 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S2] Reading Eagle, 12 Apr 2005.
Adam H. Schaeffer Jr., 81, South Heidelberg Township, died April 10 at 1:55 p.m. in Reading Hospital, where he had been a patient 10 days.
He was the husband of Helen M. (Kauffman) Schaeffer.
Born in Lower Heidelberg Township, he was a son of the late Adam H. Schaeffer Sr. and Louisiana (Gerhart) Schaeffer.
Schaeffer was the owner-operator of Grandview Dairy Farm, South Heidelberg Township, retiring in 1996.
He was a 1942 graduate of Wernersville High School.
Schaeffer was a member of St. John's (Hain's) United Church of Christ, Lower Heidelberg Township, where he was a former consistory member, a deacon and a church trustee. He also coached the church's softball team in the mid-1970s.
He was a charter member of the Heidelberg Heritage Society, Wernersville.
Schaeffer was a 57-year member of the Gouglersville Grange.
He also is survived by a daughter, Mary Ann (Schaeffer) Grubb, South Heidelberg Township; and three sons: Albert W. and David A., both of South Heidelberg Township; and Brian R., Wernersville.
Other survivors include a sister, Mary Ann (Schaeffer) Miller, South Heidelberg Township. There also are five granddaughters.
Services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in St. John's (Hain's) UCC. Burial will be in Hain's Church Cemetery, Lower Heidelberg Township. Lamm & Witman Funeral Home Inc., Wernersville, is in charge of arrangements.
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