Reverend Irl Christian Schahrer

1923 - 2003  (79 years)

• Name	Irl Christian Schahrer
  Prefix	Reverend
  Born	29 Dec 1923	Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 May 2003	Washington, USA
  Buried	Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I406848	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	17 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Wilbert Henry Schahrer,   b. 24 Apr 1893, Richland County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 5 Jul 1924, Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA  (Age 31 years)
  Mother	Leila Gertrude Scherer,   b. 25 Dec 1895, Richland County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 5 Dec 1991  (Age 95 years)
  Married	7 Aug 1919
  Family ID	F135523	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Aileen Fritzges,   b. 8 Aug 1926, Pennsylvania, USA ,   d. 18 Aug 1989, California, USA  (Age 63 years)
  Children	1. Schahrer   2. Schahrer   3. Schahrer   4. Schahrer   5. David Irl Schahrer,   b. 5 Jul 1962,   d. 0Jul 2014, Arizona, USA  (Age 52 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F135524	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Turdis Elsie Johnson,   d. 1994
  Married	May 1992
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F135525	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com). Irl Christian Schahrer Birth: 29 Dec 1923 Death: 14 May 2003 Burial: Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA Memorial #: 72616255 Bio: -------------------------Reverend Irl C. Schahrer, 79, formerly of Olney died Wednesday May 14, 2003 in the Cottage at Highgate House in Bellingham, Wash.The body will be cremated and a memorial service held at Riverside National Cemetery in California with interment beside his wife.Rev. Schahrer was born on December 29, 1923 in Glendale, Ariz., the son of Wilbert H. and Leila G. (Scherer) Schahrer.After the death of his father in 1924 his family returned to Olney where he grew up and attended school. He graduated from Olney Township High School in 1941. He graduated from the University of Illinois with a degree in Agriculture. After serving in the European theater during World War II, he returned to Europe and spent a year helping with reconstruction of a church there. Following that, he attended the Lutheran Seminary in Chicago and became an ordained minister in May 1951. He married Aileen Fritzges soon thereafter and started serving Lutheran churches in Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey and California, where he also served as chaplain in the Air Force Reserves, being a Lt. Colonel until his retirement in 1983.After the death of his wife, Aileen in 1989, he married Turdis Elsie Johansen in May 1992. She preceded him in death in late 1994.Rev. Schahrer is survived by two daughters, Marcia Reimers of Bellingham, Wash. and Beth Wendlandt of Victorville, Calif.; two sons, Jan Schahrer of Lancaster, Calif. and David Schahrer of Palmdale, Calif. and a sister, Mary Beth Winchester of Olney.He was preceded in death by his parents, two wives, an infant child, a sister, Wilma and a brother, Carl.Published in Olney Daily Mail (IL) Inscription: US ARMY, US ARMY Gravesite Details WORLD WAR II, KOREA, VIETNAM Family Members Parents Wilbert Henry Schahrer 1893-1924 Leila Gertrude Scherer Schahrer 1895-1991 Spouse Aileen Fritzges Schahrer* 1926-1989 Siblings Carl Wilbert Schahrer* 1920-1996 Mary Elizabeth Schahrer Winchester* 1922-2016 Wilma Jean Schahrer* 1925-1960 Maintained by: Find A Grave (8) Originally Created by: International Wargraves Photography Project (46770518) Added: 4 Jul 2011 URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/72616255 Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 January 2018), memorial page for Irl Christian Schahrer (29 Dec 1923–14 May 2003), Find A Grave Memorial no. 72616255, citing Riverside National Cemetery, Riverside, Riverside County, California, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .