ᐅ Iowa Death Notices 2009-2025
Schaefer, Harold, Grace, Glen, Gladys, Gertrude, Gerhardt, Gary...

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▰ Harold P Schaefer

Died March 15, … More Information
On March 15, 2010, Harold P Schaefer, 65 of Waterloo, Iowa passed from this world into the next.
Obituary published: March 16, 2010 in "Waterloo CFC"

▰ Grace Ann Schaefer

Died July 30, … More Information
Grace Ann Schaefer, born November 19, 1918 departed this life Sunday July 30, 2013 in Davenport, Iowa. Grace was 94.

▰ Glen E Schaefer

Died October 01, … More Information
Glen E Schaefer, of West Des Moines, Iowa, left earthly home and passed through the Veil to his Eternal Home October 1, 2011. Glen was 76.
Obituary published: October 02, 2011 in "Des Moines Register"

▰ Gladys L Schaefer

Died October 28, … More Information
Gladys L Schaefer, 91, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, entered the Kingdom of Heaven October 28, 1997.
Obituary published: October 29, 1997 in "Cedar Rapids Gazette"

▰ Gertrude W (Wanzek)[Schultz] Schaefer

Died September 18, … More Information
Gertrude W (Wanzek)[Schultz] Schaefer, age 89 of Iowa, born in Windsor, North Dakota, gained her wings on September 18, 2000.
Obituary published: September 19, 2000 in "Sioux City Journal"

▰ Gertrude W (Wanzek) Schaefer

Died September 22, … More Information
Gertrude W (Wanzek) Schaefer, age 89 of Sioux City, Iowa, entered into eternal rest September 22, 2000.
Obituary published: September 23, 2000 in "Bismarck Trib (ND)"

▰ Gertrude W (Wanzek) Schaefer

Died September 19, … More Information
Gertrude W (Wanzek) Schaefer, of Iowa, born in North Dakota, was anxious to meet her Maker and Master September 19, 2000. Gertrude was 89.
Obituary published: September 20, 2000 in "Bismarck Trib (ND)"

▰ Gerhardt C Schaefer

Died June 27, … More Information
Gerhardt C Schaefer, of Wheatland, Iowa, departed this life Sunday June 27, 2001. Gerhardt was 89.
Obituary published: June 28, 2001 in "Quad-City Times"

▰ Gerhardt C Schaefer

Died June 27, … More Information
Gerhardt C Schaefer, of Wheatland, Iowa, died on June 27, 2001. Gerhardt was 89.
Obituary published: June 28, 2001 in "Muscatine Journal"

▰ Gerhardt C Schaefer

Died June 27, … More Information
Gerhardt C Schaefer, age 89 of Wheatland, Iowa passed away June 27, 2001.
Obituary published: June 28, 2001 in "Cedar Rapids Gazette"

▰ Gary Schaefer

Died May 02, … More Information
Gary Schaefer, born August 21, 1955 joined the Lord May 2, 2017 in Iowa. Gary was 61.

▰ Floyd J Schaefer

Died May 30, … More Information
Floyd J Schaefer, age 79 of Bellevue, Iowa, went to be with the Lord on May 30, 2000.
Obituary published: May 31, 2000 in "Dubuque T-H"

▰ Floyd J Schaefer

Died May 29, … More Information
Floyd J Schaefer, a resident of Bellevue, Iowa for decades, died May 29, 2000 in Bellevue, Iowa at the age of 79.
Obituary published: May 30, 2000 in "Dubuque T-H"

▰ Florence Anna Catherine (Folkmann) Schaefer

Died January 17, … More Information
Florence Anna Catherine (Folkmann) Schaefer, age 79 of Williamsburg, Iowa, departed this life Sunday January 17, 1998.
Obituary published: January 18, 1998 in "Cedar Rapids Gazette"

▰ Ferman Schaefer

Died October 24, … More Information
Ferman Schaefer, of Chariton, Iowa, went to be with the Lord on October 24, 2012. Ferman was 86.
Obituary published: October 25, 2012 in "Des Moines Register"

▰ Ferdinand Schaefer

Died August 21, … More Information
Ferdinand Schaefer, of Primghar, Iowa, left hisearthly home and passed through the Veil to his Eternal Home August 21, 2003. Ferdinand was 74.
Obituary published: August 22, 2003 in "Sioux City Journal"

▰ Ezra Albert Schaefer

Died January 11, … More Information
Ezra Albert Schaefer, 88, went to be with the Lord on January 11, 1998 in Hampton, Iowa.
Obituary published: January 12, 1998 in "Faribault Co R (MN)"

▰ Ezra A Schaefer

Died January 03, … More Information
Ezra A Schaefer, age 88 of Hampton, Iowa, departed this life Sunday January 3, 1998.
Obituary published: January 04, 1998 in "Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier"

▰ Eva B (Dubois) Schaefer

Died October 14, … More Information
Eva B (Dubois) Schaefer, of Waterloo, Iowa, departed this life Sunday October 14, 1997. Eva was 90.
Obituary published: October 15, 1997 in "Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier"

▰ Eugene "Gene" Schaefer

Died April 08, … More Information
Eugene "Gene" Schaefer, of Waterloo, Iowa, went to be with the Lord on April 8, 2002. Eugene was 72.
Obituary published: April 09, 2002 in "Waterloo CFC"

▰ Eugene "Gene" Schaefer

Died April 07, … More Information
Eugene "Gene" Schaefer, of Waterloo, Iowa, entered Heaven's gates on April 7, 2002. Eugene was 72.
Obituary published: April 08, 2002 in "Waterloo CFC"

▰ Ethel M (Schwab)[Thompson] Schaefer

Died February 20, … More Information
Ethel M (Schwab)[Thompson] Schaefer, age 82 of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, went to be with her Lord and Savior February 20, 2008.
Obituary published: February 21, 2008 in "Hawk Eye"

▰ Ethel M Schaefer

Died February 20, … More Information
Ethel M Schaefer, of Mt Pleasant, Iowa, passed from this life on February 20, 2008. Ethel was 81.
Obituary published: February 21, 2008 in "Des Moines Register"

▰ Ethel Schaefer

Died November 18, … More Information
Ethel Schaefer, age 91 of Greenfield, Iowa, peacefully entered eternal life with our Lord November 18, 2000.
Obituary published: November 19, 2000 in "Des Moines Register"

▰ Eric William Schaefer

Died April 16, … More Information
Eric William Schaefer, age 32 of Iowa, born in Carthage, Illinois, joined the Lord April 16, 2006.
Obituary published: April 17, 2006 in "Hawk Eye"

▰ Elizabeth A (Hemmer) Schaefer

Died November 15, … More Information
Elizabeth A (Hemmer) Schaefer, of Waterloo, Iowa, peacefully entered eternal life with our Lord November 15, 1976. Elizabeth was 79.
Obituary published: November 16, 1976 in "Waterloo CFC"

▰ Elizabeth A Schaefer

Died November 16, … More Information
Elizabeth A Schaefer, of Waterloo, Iowa, entered eternal life November 16, 1976. Elizabeth was 79.
Obituary published: November 17, 1976 in "Waterloo CFC"

▰ Eldred Schaefer

Died March 09, … More Information
Eldred Schaefer, age 91 of Ida Grove, Iowa, died on March 9, 2001.
Obituary published: March 10, 2001 in "Sioux City Journal"

▰ Edward O [Koopmann] Schaefer

Died February 03, … More Information
Edward O [Koopmann] Schaefer, of Davenport, Iowa, died on February 3, 2000. Edward was 84.
Obituary published: February 04, 2000 in "Quad-City Times"

▰ Edith (Koester)[Gerdes] Schaefer

Died September 01, … More Information
Edith (Koester)[Gerdes] Schaefer, age 90 of Waterloo, Iowa, was anxious to meet her Maker and Master September 1, 2000.
Obituary published: September 02, 2000 in "Mason City G-G"

▰ Edith (Koester)[Gerdes] Schaefer

Died August 31, … More Information
Edith (Koester)[Gerdes] Schaefer, age 90 of Waterloo, Iowa, left earthly home and passed through the Veil to her Eternal Home August 31, 2000.
Obituary published: September 01, 2000 in "Mason City G-G"

▰ Edith Schaefer

Died September 02, … More Information
Edith Schaefer, a resident of Waterloo, Iowa for decades, died September 2, 2000 in Waterloo, Iowa at the age of 90.
Obituary published: September 03, 2000 in "Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier"

▰ Edith Schaefer

Died August 31, … More Information
Edith Schaefer, age 90 of Waterloo, Iowa, left us to live with the Father in her new eternal home August 31, 2000.
Obituary published: September 01, 2000 in "Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier"

▰ Earl A Schaefer

Died April 25, … More Information
Earl A Schaefer, of Davenport, Iowa, entered the Kingdom of Heaven April 25, 1999. Earl was 75.
Obituary published: April 26, 1999 in "Quad-City Times"

▰ Earl Schaefer

Died June 21, … More Information
Earl Schaefer, age 73 of Greenfield, Iowa, went to be with his Lord and Savior June 21, 2003.
Obituary published: June 22, 2003 in "Des Moines Register"

▰ Douglas Michael Schaefer

Died April 05, … More Information
Douglas Michael Schaefer, 42, of Council Bluffs, Iowa, entered the Kingdom of Heaven April 5, 2007.
Obituary published: April 06, 2007 in "Dunlap Reporter"

▰ Douglas Schaefer

Died March 28, … More Information
Douglas Schaefer, age 42 of Council Bluffs, Iowa, joined the Lord March 28, 2007.
Obituary published: March 29, 2007 in "Nonpareil"

▰ Dorothy Jean "Dot" (Vanpell)[Saunders] Schaefer

Died February 12, … More Information
Dorothy Jean "Dot" (Vanpell)[Saunders] Schaefer, of Iowa, born in South Amboy, New Jersey, departed this life Sunday February 12, 2009. Dorothy was 62.
Obituary published: February 13, 2009 in "Hawk Eye"

▰ Dorothy (Lewis) Schaefer

Died August 06, … More Information
Dorothy (Lewis) Schaefer, age 105 of Dallas Center, Iowa, left earthly home and passed through the Veil to her Eternal Home August 6, 2016.
Obituary published: August 07, 2016 in "Des Moines Register"

▰ Dorothy Schaefer

Died August 03, … More Information
Dorothy Schaefer, born December 19, 1910 entered eternal life August 3, 2016 in Des Moines, Iowa. Dorothy was 105.

▰ Doris Mae Schaefer

Died August 15, … More Information
Doris Mae Schaefer, of Hiawatha, Iowa, was anxious to meet her Maker and Master August 15, 2010. Doris was 92.
Obituary published: August 16, 2010 in "Waterloo CFC"

▰ Doris M Schaefer

Died April 07, … More Information
Doris M Schaefer, of Waterloo, Iowa, passed from this world into the next April 7, 2016. Doris was 81.
Obituary published: April 08, 2016 in "Waterloo CFC"

▰ Doris M Schaefer

Died April 05, … More Information
Doris M Schaefer, born December 13, 1934 passed from this life on April 5, 2016 in Waterloo, Iowa. Doris was 81.

▰ Doris Schaefer

Died August 14, … More Information
Doris Schaefer, of Hiawatha, Iowa, peacefully entered eternal life with our Lord August 14, 2010. Doris was 92.
Obituary published: August 15, 2010 in "Waterloo CFC"

▰ Donald Alvin Schaefer

Died October 05, … More Information
Donald Alvin Schaefer, born March 29, 1928 joined the Lord October 5, 2015 in Bettendorf, Iowa. Donald was 87. Tags: #Runge #Chapel #Davenport #Park #Mary #Science #Community #Great #Bend #Emery #Caroline #Klemme #Iowa #School #Army #Training #Program #South #State #Camp #Upper #University #Fayette #Queen #West #High #Academic #Institute #Wisconsin #Degree #Bettendorf #Carnegie #Technology #Michigan #Reed #Knox #Ohio #Maryland #Physics #Advanced #Topics #Harvard #Study #Nebraska #Diego #Denver #Byron #Africa #Rhodesia #Northern #Nyasaland #Salisbury #Southern #Zimbabwe #Columbia #Commission #India #Indian #North #Denny #Grinnell #Agra #Schaefer #Loras #Resource #Presidential #Excellence #President #Fermilab #Chicago #Dons #Washington #Outstanding #Chamber #Commerce #Fellow #Award #Doctor #Board #Effect #Next
Obituary: Bettendorf: Donald A. Schaefer, of Bettendorf, passed away in his sleep peacefully. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. to noon on , 10, 2015, at the Runge Mortuary, with services following at 12 noon in the Runge Mortuary Chapel. He will be buried at Davenport Memorial Park, and the Runge Mortuary is assisting the family with arrangements. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the Don and Mary Schaefer Science Scholarship fund, administered by the Community Foundation of the Great River Bend (CFGRB). Online condolences may be made at www.rungemortuary.com.

Don was born 29, 1928, the eldest of four sons of Emery and Caroline Schaefer of Klemme, Iowa. He spent the first 17 years of his life on his parents small farm near Klemme, attending a one room country school (Liberty #8) for his first 8 years and graduating from Klemme High School in 1945. He was selected to participate in the last Army Specialized Training Reserve Program (ASTRP), an accelerated program in pre engineering and advanced military training at South Dakota State during the academic year of 1945-1946 where he also excelled in boxing. He later served in the Army at Camp Polk, LA and Ft. Dix, NJ, being discharged in the spring of 1947. He then attended college at Upper Iowa being discharged in the spring of 1947. He then attended college at Upper Iowa University, Fayette, Iowa, (on the G. I. Bill) receiving his B.S. degree in math, physics and philosophy in 1949. It was at Upper Iowa, in 1947, that he met and married Mary E. Freeman of McGregor, Iowa who was the coming Queen for 1947/1948. He always said that this was the most important thing that ever happened to him, and Mary was the most important person in his life. were married at McGregor in of 1948, and were together for nearly 59 years, until her untimely and unexpected death in of 2007. On their marriage, Mary said: It will be my purpose to be an inspiration to you and to any children we have. She spent the next 58 years, even giving up her lifelong desire to be a teacher to inspire and assist Don. She literally gave Don and her family her life for all their years together.

Don taught math and science at West Union High School from 1949-1956, (where he had done his practice teaching in advanced math). He was one of 50 US math and science teachers selected for the first NSF sponsored Academic Year Institute at the U. of Wisconsin (Madison), receiving his M.S, in Science Education Degree in 1957 (with work in chemistry, biology and astrophysics). Don and Mary and four sons then came to Bettendorf where Don taught physics, chemistry and advanced science from 1957 through 1990, when both Don and Mary retired. From 1952 - 1985, Don also did graduate work at Carnegie Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Reed , M. I. T., Knox , Ohio State University and the University of Maryland.

In 1957, Don was selected as one of the first 50 US physics teachers to help develop & introduce the new PSSC Physics course in US high schools, and BHS was one of the test schools. He also helped with the testing and evaluation of the Advanced Physics Topics course, (BHS was on of 12 test schools in the U. S.) and he introduced the Harvard Project Physics course and the CHEM Study chemistry course at Bettendorf High School.

He taught other physics teachers in NSF sponsored programs at Nebraska Wesleyan University, Knox , The University of Iowa, and San Diego State University and was one of 13 high school physics teachers selected to do research work at Denver Research Institute where Don did work in x-ray diffraction He, and professor Byron Youtz of Reed , introduced the (then) new PSSC physics course into Africa (Southern Rhodesia, Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland by teaching 85 science teachers from those three countries at The University of Rhodesia and Nyasaland in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe). Sponsored by Columbia University, the University Grants Commission of India, and USAID. Don also helped introduce the new physics program into India, teaching Indian physics teachers at North Bengal University (with Dr. Wayne Denny of Grinnell ) and at Agra (with Dr. Joe Schaefer of Loras and Iowa State University). He participated in the Physics Teaching Resource Agent program in the 1980s, and after being selected as the Iowa science teacher to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching from President Reagan, in 1985, he participated in a physics program at Fermilab, near Chicago. The teacher selected to receive the Presidential Award for excellence in math teaching in 1985 was a former student of Dons. Don was selected as a keynote speaker for the 1986 Presidential Award awardees in Washington D. C. In 1967, he did the first experimental work with both computers and video recording at BHS, and later taught computer usage courses to other Bettendorf teachers and outside of class time, taught Bettendorf Physics students how to program in FOCAL, BASIC and PASCAL.

Don received the Outstanding Educator award from the Bettendorf Junior Chamber of Commerce, both the Excellence in Science Teaching and Excellence in Physics Teaching awards from the Iowa Academy of Science (where he was also selected as a science Fellow), the Outstanding Educator Award from the University of Iowa, Outstanding Alumnus from Upper Iowa University, and in 2001 he was awarded the honorary Doctor of Science degree (the only high school teacher to have received that award from UIU). He always said that any awards he received were also earned by his fellow top science and math teachers at BHS, administrators and Board members and top level students who helped provide the science program at BHS and who nominated him for these awards, and more than anyone else, due to continued...

▰ Donald Alvin Schaefer

Died October 05, … More Information
Donald Alvin Schaefer, born March 29, 1928 joined the Lord October 5, 2015 in Davenport, Iowa. Donald was 87.
Family members and close friends: , Dr. John Greenwood, Gary Harvey, Col And Dises Usaf Retired, Bhs Class Of 66, Bob Light, Sarah Lebeau, Tim Behal, Satch Nanda, Lynn Hardt, Ted Pfeiff, Max Herrmann, Gail Ray, Mike Viall, Robert Sohlberg, Bryan Arnold, Dick And Sally Elliott

▰ Donald Schaefer

Died January 22, … More Information
Donald Schaefer, 78, went to be with the Lord on January 22, 2009 in Milo, Iowa.
Obituary published: January 23, 2009 in "Des Moines Register"

▰ Donald Schaefer

Died January 22, … More Information
Donald Schaefer, age 78 of Milo, Iowa, entered Heaven's gates on January 22, 2010.
Obituary published: January 23, 2010 in "Des Moines Register"

▰ Don Louis Schaefer

Died October 27, … More Information
Don Louis Schaefer, born November 30, 1928 left his earthly home and passed through the Veil to his Eternal Home October 27, 2019 in Davenport, Iowa. Don was 90.
Family members and close friends: , Doug & Roni Ryan, Jim Tiedje

▰ Denise Marie Schaefer

Died May 19, … More Information
Denise Marie Schaefer, age 0 of Waterloo, Iowa, died on May 19, 1976.
Obituary published: May 20, 1976 in "Waterloo CFC"
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