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Violet Marie Benson Schafer

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Birth	:	8 Mar 1921 Axtell, Marshall County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	11 Aug 2017 Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Vermillion Cemetery, Vermillion, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate	:	39.7235985, -96.2763977
Inscription	:	MARRIED JULY 30 1939 OUR CHILDREN: THELMA, FRANCES, FRANKLIN, MARJORIE
Description	:	ONAGA - Violet Marie Schafer, 96, of Onaga, KS, passed away Friday, August 11, 2017, at Onaga Health and Rehabilitation. She was born March 8, 1921, in Axtell, KS, the daughter of Dell and Thelma (Larsen) Benson. She spent most of her youth in Marshall County, Kansas. She graduated from Emporia High School, and was married to Harold Franklin Schafer of Vermillion, Kansas, on July 30, 1939 in Emporia, Kansas. Harold and Violet farmed north of Vermillion, and their four children, Thelma, Frances, Frank, and Marjorie were all born while there. Violet was a homemaker and created a loving... Read More	ONAGA - Violet Marie Schafer, 96, of Onaga, KS, passed away Friday, August 11, 2017, at Onaga Health and Rehabilitation. She was born March 8, 1921, in Axtell, KS, the daughter of Dell and Thelma (Larsen) Benson. She spent most of her youth in Marshall County, Kansas. She graduated from Emporia High School, and was married to Harold Franklin Schafer of Vermillion, Kansas, on July 30, 1939 in Emporia, Kansas. Harold and Violet farmed north of Vermillion, and their four children, Thelma, Frances, Frank, and Marjorie were all born while there. Violet was a homemaker and created a loving home for her family. After selling the farm in the 1950's, she and Harold owned and managed Hand Cove Resort on Lake Norfork, Arkansas. During her lifetime they also lived in Exira, Iowa, Topeka, Kansas, and Alma, Arkansas. Violet worked as a bookkeeper for Frenn's Fabrics while living in Topeka. Violet was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harold; one daughter, Marjorie A. Schafer; two sisters, June Bagby of Muskegon, Michigan and Irene B. Williams of Omaha, Nebraska; and one brother, Dell Benson, Jr, of Fremont, Michigan. Violet loved Christ, and for most of her adult life she spent every Sunday teaching Sunday School classes and lending her lovely soprano voice to the choirs of the different churches where they lived, be it Kansas, Iowa, or Arkansas. Survivors include her son, Franklin D. Schafer of Gallatin, Tennessee; two daughters, Frances E. Leiter of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania and Thelma M. Schafer of Thousand Oaks, California; 8 grandchildren, Michelle Schafer, Stephanie Skinner, Jennifer Schafer, Calvin Leiter, Valerie Leiter, Lenee Inglehart, Christopher Inglehart, and Justin Inglehart; and 10 great-grandchildren. Burial will be in the Vermillion Cemetery with a private family memorial service at a later date.

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Violet Marie Benson Schafer's memorial is located at: Vermillion Cemetery, Vermillion, Marshall County, USA.
When did Violet Marie Benson Schafer death?
Violet Marie Benson Schafer death on 11 Aug 2017 in Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 39.7235985
Longitude: -96.2763977

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Spouse

Harold Franklin Schafer

(1916 - 1989)

Siblings

Irene B. Benson Williams

(1924 - 2017)

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Coordinate: 39.7235985, -96.2763977

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14. Saint Patricks Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.6025009, -96.4072037

16. Neuchatel Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5685196, -96.2015381

17. Wells Cemetery
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18. Saint Michaels Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.8922005, -96.2577972

19. Pleasant Hill Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.5508000, -96.2864000

20. Life Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.8199997, -96.4633026

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Coordinate: 39.7322006, -96.0483017

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Coordinate: 39.8962380, -96.2051080

23. Saint Patricks Cemetery
Beattie, Marshall County, USA
Coordinate: 39.8703003, -96.4231033

24. Beattie Union Cemetery
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Coordinate: 39.8717003, -96.4207993