Sergeant Earl Samuel Schaeffer

1924 - 2016  (91 years)

• Name	Earl Samuel Schaeffer
  Title	Sergeant
  Birth	8 May 1924	Upper Bern Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  Military Service	World War II US Army Air Force Sergeant POW Purple Heart
  Death	22 Jan 2016	Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA
  Burial	Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I13110	Tulpehocken Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Samuel Milton Schaeffer,   b. 22 Jul 1901, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 30 Dec 1993, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Mary Mae Klopp,   b. 27 May 1902, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 27 Dec 1932, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 30 years)
  Family ID	F4402	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pearl I Althouse,   b. 29 Oct 1926, Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA d. 6 Nov 2017, Rehrersburg, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA (Age 91 years)
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F4403	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2021

  
  

• Notes

  Earl S. Schaeffer, 91, of Rehrersburg, died Friday, January 22, 2016, at the St. Joseph Medical Center, Reading. He was the husband of Pearl I. (Althouse) Schaeffer, to whom he was married 68 years on August 9, 2015. Born in Upper Bern Twp. on May 8, 1924, he was the son of the late Samuel and Mary (Klopp) Schaeffer. He was the step-son of the late Margaret Schaeffer. Earl attended Hamburg High School and served in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II, where we was captured as a POW and later received a Purple Heart. He was employed at Textile Machine Works, West Reading, for over 40 years, retiring in 1987. He was also a self-employed barber for over 50 years. Earl was a member of Trinity UCC, Rehrersburg, and Williamson Masonic Lodge No. 307 F&AM, Womelsdorf. In addition to his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Audrey, wife of Lane Painter, of Annville; a son, Lynn, husband of Cynthia Schaeffer, of Bernville; grandchildren: Stephanie, Amber, Lyndsay, Megan, Erin and Drew; great-grandchildren: Nathan, Gabrielle, Morgan, Collin, Sydney, Ethan and Preston; a sister, Linda Gelsinger, of Wooster, Ohio; brothers, Ray Schaeffer, of Wyomissing; Paul, husband of Lorraine Schaeffer, of Wernersville; and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a brother, Lester Schaeffer. Services will be private with interment at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, Annville. Grose Funeral Home, Myerstown, has been entrusted with the arrangements. Published in Reading Eagle on Jan. 24, 2016

  
  

• Sources

  [S64] Website: Find a Grave [text], https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157405243/earl-samuel-schaeffer.