Sunday, August 26, 2012

Elizabeth Jane Schafer (August 24, 2012)

Elizabeth Jane Schafer, 84, of Greenville, passed away Friday afternoon, August 24, 2012 at her residence.

She was born February 21, 1928 in Union City, IN, daughter of the late Virgil and Oressa (Royce) Sell. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband, Don W. Schafer, and a brother, Robert Sell.

Jane was a retired secretary from Frazier Auto Supply and business partner in Greenville Television.

She is survived by her children, Joyce (Scott) Richards of Greenville, Janet (Scott Childers) Jaggers of Reynoldsburg, Jewell (Mark) Michaels of Kettering, and Don Schafer, II, of Greenville; grandchildren, Jessica (Danny) Lugo, Margaret Richards, Joel (Maegen) Hisle, Warren Richards, and Christopher (Beverly) Michaels; 5 great grandchildren; sisters, Korleen Mangas of Union City, IN, and Dixie Byrum of Winchester, IN.

Services will be held at 11 a.m., Wednesday, August 29, at the Oliver-Floyd Funeral Home in Greenville with Pastor John Wiltshire officiating. Burial will follow in the St. John Lutheran Cemetery near Greenville.

Memorial contributions may be directed to Youth for Christ of the Miami Valley, Gideons International or State of the Heart Hospice of Darke County.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 10 a.m. till services at 11 a.m.

Condolences may be left for the family at www.oliverfloyd.com.