Source: Hope Star-Journal, Obits, compiled by Mildred Dixon Harrod SCHAEFER, William Born May 28, 1872, died Tuesday [December 6, 1932] a half mile south of Hope, age 60. He was born and reared where he died. He was the son of Louis and Marie Schaefer. He married Minnie Weinland November 28, 1900 and she survives along with three children, Kathryn, Dorothy and Horace Schaefer; two sisters and two brothers, Mrs Georgiana Hacker of Indianapolis, Mrs Alma Rominger of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Karl [Schaefer] of Indiana and George [Schaefer}] of south of Hope. One son died in infancy. Funeral service was today at the Moravian Church with burial at Hope. Hope Star-Journal - Friday, December 9, 1932 Parents of John William Schaefer were Marie (Mary) E Sanders, b. in Germany, and Louis (Lewis) Schaeffer Schaefer. Parents of Minnie L Weinland were Anna E Heilman and George Weinland. No info regarding spouses of Kathryn, Dorothy or Horace Schaefer. Sister, Alma C (Schaffer) Schaefer married Irvin (Irwin) Theodore Rominger; two sons, one daughter. Sister, Georgina L Schaefer married Hogan H Hacker; no record of children. Brother, John George Fredrick Schaefer married Clara (Schorr) Shore; eight children.