Birth: 14 Sep 1910 – West Bend, Kossuth, Iowa, USA
Death: 26 Nov 2007 – Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa, USA
Father: Gottlieb Friedrich Schafer (1881-1945)
Mother: Elizabeth Marie Schmidt (1889-1973)
Marriage: 5 Dec 1939 – West Bend, Palo Alto, Iowa, USA
Spouse: Marie Margaret Dorweiler (1920-2004)
Children:
- Francis Eugene Schafer (1940-2021)
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- Marjorie Marie Schafer (1945-2009)
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- Janet Mary Schafer (1948-2015)
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