A funeral for Richard M. Schaefer Jr., 79, a Lewiston resident and owner of R.M. Schaefer Lumber Company at Lewiston, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Orchards United Methodist Church at Lewiston. The Rev. John Hunsberger will officiate.
Burial will follow at Normal Hill Cemetery at Lewiston. Following the graveside service, a reception will be held at the church.
He died Sunday at the Idaho State Veterans Home at Lewiston of complications following a stroke.
He was born Nov. 8, 1916, at Veradale, Wash., to Richard M. and Edith Kuchenbuch Schaefer Sr. He attended schools at Veradale and graduated from high school there in 1935.
He attended Washington State College at Pullman and graduated in 1941 with a degree in economics.
He worked on the family farm at Veradale and also as a produce broker. He taught high school physics in 1942 at Port Orchard, Wash.
From 1942 to 1945 he was a preflight aeronautics and physics instructor at WSC. From 1945 to 1946 he served with the U.S. Army as a radiology technician at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He moved to Lewiston in 1946 and for two years operated an orchard and grew vegetables.
In 1949 he established the R.M. Schaefer Lumber Company in the Orchards.
He married Mildred Bostick June 30, 1943, at Lewiston.
He was active in the Nez Perce County Democratic Party and served on the precinct committee from 1950 to 1990. He made an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the Idaho House of Representatives in 1966.
He was a state delegate at the 1972 National Democratic Convention at Miami. That year he also began a personal campaign to inform people about how diet and smoking can lead to heart disease.
He was instrumental in the construction of Orchards United Methodist Church and the first community center built in Lewiston Orchards.
He was a member of the Farmers Union and the Washington State Grange and the Lewiston Grange. He helped raise money to build Tri-State Memorial Hospital at Clarkston and served as president of the Orchards Community Association in 1947.
He helped pass a bond election that added domestic water to the Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District system.
He enjoyed writing editorials and letters to the editor. He was known for distributing food to the hungry and he enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include his wife of Lewiston; one son, Richard M. Schaefer III of Lewiston; one daughter, Janice K. Schaefer of Lewiston; one brother, Charles F. Schaefer of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home at Lewiston is making the arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Orchards United Methodist Church, 1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston or to the Idaho State Veterans Home at Lewiston in care of the Idaho State Veterans Assistance League, 821 21st Ave., Lewiston.
Lewiston Tribune Tuesday, January 23, 1996
Burial will follow at Normal Hill Cemetery at Lewiston. Following the graveside service, a reception will be held at the church.
He died Sunday at the Idaho State Veterans Home at Lewiston of complications following a stroke.
He was born Nov. 8, 1916, at Veradale, Wash., to Richard M. and Edith Kuchenbuch Schaefer Sr. He attended schools at Veradale and graduated from high school there in 1935.
He attended Washington State College at Pullman and graduated in 1941 with a degree in economics.
He worked on the family farm at Veradale and also as a produce broker. He taught high school physics in 1942 at Port Orchard, Wash.
From 1942 to 1945 he was a preflight aeronautics and physics instructor at WSC. From 1945 to 1946 he served with the U.S. Army as a radiology technician at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He moved to Lewiston in 1946 and for two years operated an orchard and grew vegetables.
In 1949 he established the R.M. Schaefer Lumber Company in the Orchards.
He married Mildred Bostick June 30, 1943, at Lewiston.
He was active in the Nez Perce County Democratic Party and served on the precinct committee from 1950 to 1990. He made an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the Idaho House of Representatives in 1966.
He was a state delegate at the 1972 National Democratic Convention at Miami. That year he also began a personal campaign to inform people about how diet and smoking can lead to heart disease.
He was instrumental in the construction of Orchards United Methodist Church and the first community center built in Lewiston Orchards.
He was a member of the Farmers Union and the Washington State Grange and the Lewiston Grange. He helped raise money to build Tri-State Memorial Hospital at Clarkston and served as president of the Orchards Community Association in 1947.
He helped pass a bond election that added domestic water to the Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District system.
He enjoyed writing editorials and letters to the editor. He was known for distributing food to the hungry and he enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include his wife of Lewiston; one son, Richard M. Schaefer III of Lewiston; one daughter, Janice K. Schaefer of Lewiston; one brother, Charles F. Schaefer of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home at Lewiston is making the arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Orchards United Methodist Church, 1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston or to the Idaho State Veterans Home at Lewiston in care of the Idaho State Veterans Assistance League, 821 21st Ave., Lewiston.
Lewiston Tribune Tuesday, January 23, 1996
A funeral for Richard M. Schaefer Jr., 79, a Lewiston resident and owner of R.M. Schaefer Lumber Company at Lewiston, will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at Orchards United Methodist Church at Lewiston. The Rev. John Hunsberger will officiate.
Burial will follow at Normal Hill Cemetery at Lewiston. Following the graveside service, a reception will be held at the church.
He died Sunday at the Idaho State Veterans Home at Lewiston of complications following a stroke.
He was born Nov. 8, 1916, at Veradale, Wash., to Richard M. and Edith Kuchenbuch Schaefer Sr. He attended schools at Veradale and graduated from high school there in 1935.
He attended Washington State College at Pullman and graduated in 1941 with a degree in economics.
He worked on the family farm at Veradale and also as a produce broker. He taught high school physics in 1942 at Port Orchard, Wash.
From 1942 to 1945 he was a preflight aeronautics and physics instructor at WSC. From 1945 to 1946 he served with the U.S. Army as a radiology technician at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He moved to Lewiston in 1946 and for two years operated an orchard and grew vegetables.
In 1949 he established the R.M. Schaefer Lumber Company in the Orchards.
He married Mildred Bostick June 30, 1943, at Lewiston.
He was active in the Nez Perce County Democratic Party and served on the precinct committee from 1950 to 1990. He made an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the Idaho House of Representatives in 1966.
He was a state delegate at the 1972 National Democratic Convention at Miami. That year he also began a personal campaign to inform people about how diet and smoking can lead to heart disease.
He was instrumental in the construction of Orchards United Methodist Church and the first community center built in Lewiston Orchards.
He was a member of the Farmers Union and the Washington State Grange and the Lewiston Grange. He helped raise money to build Tri-State Memorial Hospital at Clarkston and served as president of the Orchards Community Association in 1947.
He helped pass a bond election that added domestic water to the Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District system.
He enjoyed writing editorials and letters to the editor. He was known for distributing food to the hungry and he enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include his wife of Lewiston; one son, Richard M. Schaefer III of Lewiston; one daughter, Janice K. Schaefer of Lewiston; one brother, Charles F. Schaefer of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home at Lewiston is making the arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Orchards United Methodist Church, 1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston or to the Idaho State Veterans Home at Lewiston in care of the Idaho State Veterans Assistance League, 821 21st Ave., Lewiston.
Lewiston Tribune Tuesday, January 23, 1996
Burial will follow at Normal Hill Cemetery at Lewiston. Following the graveside service, a reception will be held at the church.
He died Sunday at the Idaho State Veterans Home at Lewiston of complications following a stroke.
He was born Nov. 8, 1916, at Veradale, Wash., to Richard M. and Edith Kuchenbuch Schaefer Sr. He attended schools at Veradale and graduated from high school there in 1935.
He attended Washington State College at Pullman and graduated in 1941 with a degree in economics.
He worked on the family farm at Veradale and also as a produce broker. He taught high school physics in 1942 at Port Orchard, Wash.
From 1942 to 1945 he was a preflight aeronautics and physics instructor at WSC. From 1945 to 1946 he served with the U.S. Army as a radiology technician at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He moved to Lewiston in 1946 and for two years operated an orchard and grew vegetables.
In 1949 he established the R.M. Schaefer Lumber Company in the Orchards.
He married Mildred Bostick June 30, 1943, at Lewiston.
He was active in the Nez Perce County Democratic Party and served on the precinct committee from 1950 to 1990. He made an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the Idaho House of Representatives in 1966.
He was a state delegate at the 1972 National Democratic Convention at Miami. That year he also began a personal campaign to inform people about how diet and smoking can lead to heart disease.
He was instrumental in the construction of Orchards United Methodist Church and the first community center built in Lewiston Orchards.
He was a member of the Farmers Union and the Washington State Grange and the Lewiston Grange. He helped raise money to build Tri-State Memorial Hospital at Clarkston and served as president of the Orchards Community Association in 1947.
He helped pass a bond election that added domestic water to the Lewiston Orchards Irrigation District system.
He enjoyed writing editorials and letters to the editor. He was known for distributing food to the hungry and he enjoyed gardening.
Survivors include his wife of Lewiston; one son, Richard M. Schaefer III of Lewiston; one daughter, Janice K. Schaefer of Lewiston; one brother, Charles F. Schaefer of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; three grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
Vassar-Rawls Funeral Home at Lewiston is making the arrangements.
Memorials may be made to Orchards United Methodist Church, 1213 Burrell Ave., Lewiston or to the Idaho State Veterans Home at Lewiston in care of the Idaho State Veterans Assistance League, 821 21st Ave., Lewiston.
Lewiston Tribune Tuesday, January 23, 1996
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