Birth: 4 Jan 1929 – West Bend, Palo Alto, Iowa, USA

Death: 24 Sep 2014 – West Bend, Palo Alto, Iowa, USA

Father: Gottlieb Friedrich Schafer (1881-1945)

Mother: Elizabeth Marie Schmidt (1889-1973)

Marriage (1): 31 Aug 1951 – Lawton, Blaine, Oklahoma, USA
Spouse (1): Robert Lavell Ellison (1932-1957)

Marriage (2): 15 Oct 1961 – West Bend, Palo Alto, Iowa, USA
Spouse (2): Glen Dean Alderson (1933-2014)

Children (with Robert Lavell Ellison):

1. Darrell Paul Ellison (1953-1977)
2. Living (Private)

Children (with Glen Dean Alderson):

3. Living (Private)