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Valentine ?Val? Schafer
Birth: 3 Dec 1909 Fallon, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
Death: 1 Sep 1999 (aged 89) Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
Burial: Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA
Memorial #: 97192678
Bio: Valentine "Val" Schafer, 89, died Sept. 1, 1999, in the Mandan nursing home. Services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Spirit of Life Catholic Church, Mandan, with the Rev. Cyprian Meier officiating. Burial will be in Mandan Union Cemetery. Valentine was born Dec. 3, 1909, in Fallon, the son of John and Magdalen (Hoerner) Schafer. He was raised and educated in the Fallon area. On April 10, 1934, he married Elizabeth Jantzer in Fallon. She died in 1959. On May 25, 1963, he married Veronica (Olheiser) Wetsch at St. Joseph's Church in Mandan. Valentine farmed and ranched in Fallon until 1949. Later on, he worked as a custodian at St. Joseph's School and at the Lewis and Clark Hotel. He then worked at Mandan Transfer until his retirement. He was a member of K.C. Club, Eagles Club, St. Vincent Verein and St. Anthony Verein. He is survived by his wife, Veronica; four daughters and sons-in-law, Johanna and Marvin Olson, Max, Josephine and Matt Erhardt, Center, Edith and Jim Hellman, West Fargo, and Pauline and Art Hellman, Glen Ullin; three stepsons and two stepdaughters-in-law, Dave Wetsch, and Jim and Jean Wetsch, all of Mandan, and George and Jan Wetsch, Bismarck; 24 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; eight step-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Frances Schafer, Billings, Mont. He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Elizabeth; one infant son, Raymond; one grandson; three great-grandsons; four brothers; and five sisters. The Bismarck Tribune September 01, 1999
Family Members
Parents
Johannes Ludwig Schafer 1867-1928
Magdalena Honner Schafer 1871-1924
Spouses
Elizabeth Jantzer Schafer 1916-1959
Veronica Olheiser Schafer 1912-2010
Siblings
Mary Eva Schafer Hartman 1894-1947
Michael J Schafer 1896-1989
Louis Schafer 1897-1970
Jerome Schafer 1904-1970
Adam John Schafer 1908-1990
Children
Raymond Schafer 1935-1935
Johanna Schafer Olson 1936-2013
Pauline Schafer Hellman 1944-2020
Created by: Brian Backes (47148484)
Added: 16 Sep 2012
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/97192678/valentine-schafer
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 27 October 2020), memorial page for Valentine ?Val? Schafer (3 Dec 1909?1 Sep 1999), Find a Grave Memorial no. 97192678, citing Mandan Union Cemetery, Mandan, Morton County, North Dakota, USA ; Maintained by Brian Backes (contributor 47148484) .
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