Obituary Bismarck Tribune (July 23, 2004)
Lillian Schafer, 90, Bismarck, formerly of McClusky, died July 21, 2004, at a Bismarck care center. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 24, at the Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center Chapel, Bismarck. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Garden, Bismarck.

Visitation will be held from 2 to 8 p.m. today at Hertz Funeral Home, McClusky.

Lillian Selma Schafer was born Oct. 8, 1913, at Regan to Andrew J. and Phillipena (Buchholz) Hochhalter. She grew up and attended school in the Regan area. Lillian was united in marriage to Edward Schafer on Nov. 25, 1931, at Washburn. They lived in the Alta area and in 1934 they moved to the Regan area. They moved to Bismarck in 1953. Lillian worked at Oscar H. Will Co., St. Alexius Hospital and Bismarck schools. They moved to McClusky in 1980. They entered the Sheridan Memorial Home in August 1993 and the Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center on Feb. 7, 1994. Edward died on Feb. 15, 1996.

Lillian's favorite activities were quilting and dancing, especially the polka. She enjoyed visiting with family and friends. Lillian was a member of the St. John's Lutheran Church, McClusky.

Lillian is survived by one son, Alvin and his special friend, Pat Spitzer, Magalia, Calif.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Marjory and Ken "Butch" Konschak, Goodrich, and Esther and Harold Hemming, Billings, Mont.; 13 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Norma John, Mandan, and Ada (Richard) John, Bismarck; and three sisters-in-law, Rose Hochhalter, Mandan, Magdalina Hochhalter, Bismarck, and Myrna Hochhalter, Regan.

Lillian was preceded in death by her parents; her husband of 64 years, Edward; two daughters, Yvonne at birth and Alvinia Buchmann; two sons-in-law, Emil Buchmann and LeRoy Martel; six brothers, Theodore, Marvin, Robert, Eugene, LeRoy and Wesley; three sisters, Ruth Sherwin, Elsie Fischer and Darlene Watson; and two great-grandchildren, Rita Kay Buchmann and Faith Nicole Ostmiller.

The family gives thanks to Lillian's special family at Missouri Slope Lutheran Care Center for all the love and special care they gave Lillian. (Hertz Funeral Home, McClusky)