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| 7/27/2010 11:43:00 AM | Email this article • Print this article | Mary 'Janie' Schaefers 1932-2010
As published in The Miller Press July 28, 2010
Mary "Janie" Schaefers, 78, of Orient, S.D., died Sunday, July 25, 2010 at the Faulkton Area Medical Center.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, July 28, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Orient, with Father Joji Itukulapati officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Mary Jane Conway was born February 23, 1932 in Aberdeen, S.D. to Reg and Cecelia (Meyer) Conway. She grew up in Orient and graduated from Orient High School in 1950.
She worked at the Faulk County State Bank for five years. She married Harold Schaefers on May 3, 1955. They lived in Paynesville, Minn. for two years before moving to Minneapolis, where they lived until 1963. They then moved to Orient, where they lived on a family farm.
She was an active member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and Altar Society. She was also involved in the American Legion Auxiliary, Jolly Wrens, Red Hat Society, and the Do-Nothing Club. Her pastimes included knitting, gardening and quilting.
Janie is survived by her husband, Harold of Orient; brother, William (Betty) Conway of Kimball; children Bab (Kirk) Carr of Huron, Curt Schaefers of Orient, and Dirk (Susan) Schaefers of Orient; grandchildren: Andrew (Kristen) Carr of Fargo, N.D., Jeremy Carr of Brookings, Kassie Schaefers of Orient, Collin Schaefers of Orient and Kaitee Schaefers of Orient; and great-grandchildren Molly and Connor.
Her parents preceded her in death.
Luce Funeral Home of Faulkton has been entrusted with Janie's arrangements.
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