Birth: 24 Dec 1911 – West Bend, Palo Alto, Iowa, USA
Death: 1 Aug 1990 – Humboldt, Humboldt, Iowa, USA
Father: Gottlieb Friedrich Schafer (1881-1945)
Mother: Elizabeth Marie Schmidt (1889-1973)
Marriage: 20 Apr 1935 – Fairmont, Martin, Minnesota, USA
Spouse: Esther Margaret Zinnel (1916-2001)
Children:
- Living (Private)
- Marvin Leroy “Butch” Schafer (1939-2011)
- Shirley Lorraine Schafer (1943-2020)
- Living (Private)