Fern Hill Cemetery (Grays Harbor County) - Fern Hill Cemetery - Neta F. Schafer
Record Series: Cemetery Records
Collection: Fern Hill Cemetery (Grays Harbor County)
County: Grays Harbor
County: Grays Harbor
Cemetery: Fern Hill Cemetery
Reference: hrp-cem-grh-fern-hill_019753
Name: Neta F. Schafer
Burial Or Cremation Year: 1993
Funeral Home: Whiteside
Lot & Block: 24/9th Schafer Plot
Burial Or Cremation: Burial
Neta F. Schafer: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Neta F. Schafer
State of Issue: Washington
Date of Birth: Friday September 16, 1898
Date of Death: Tuesday January 12, 1993
Est. Age at Death: 94 years, 3 months, 27 days
Last known residence:
City: AberdeenAberdeen GardensBay CityBench DriveCentral ParkJunction CityMarkhamOcostaSouth AberdeenWishkah
County: Grays Harbor
State: Washington
ZIP Code: 98520
Latitude: 47.1445
Longitude: -123.7718
Aberdeen Daily World
Friday
January 15, 1993
Page A-5
OBITUARIES
Neta F. Schafer, widow of lumber pioneer, dies
Neta F. Schafer, 94, widow of lumber pioneer John D. Schafer and a resident of Aberdeen for the past 40 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1993, at Grays Harbor Community Hospital.
Mrs. Schaffer was born Sept. 16, 1898, between Brady and Satsop to Andrew and Anna (Medcalf) Smith, who owned the first car dealership in the county. She graduated from high school there in 1916 and then attended Grays Harbor Business College before working as a bookkeeper for the Brady Store.
In 1919, she married John Schafer, president of Schafer Bros., and they lived at several of the company's logging camps before moving to Montesano in 1931. They moved to Aberdeen in the mid-1950s.
Her husband died in 1956.
She was a longtime member of Crescent Orthopedic, YMCA Ladies Auxiliary Club 16, Daughters of the Pioneers, the Washington Athletic Club and the United Methodist Church of Montesano. She had been a member of the Montesano Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than years.
She liked to travel and took many trips to the Orient and cruises around the world. She most enjoyed spending summers on Hood Canal with her grandchildren.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Margaret) Hoyle of Seattle, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Mrs. Guy (Bernice) Marcy, died in 1989.
The funeral is set for 1 p.m. Monday at the Whiteside Funeral Chapel in Aberdeen. Interment will follow at the Schafer family plot at Fern Hill,Cemetery.
Suggested edit: Additional information attached to the family photo"
Schafer Brothers Logging Company got its start in 1893 when brothers Peter, Albert and Hubert Schafer began logging on the family homestead 6 miles upstream from the mouth of the Satsop. They logged with oxen and horses for 20 years. The company's first donkey engine was purchased from Washington Iron Works. Hubert went to work at the factory to learn how donkey engines were made and also to have all of his wages, except for living expenses, applied toward the cost of that first donkey engine. In 1913, they bought a 45-ton Heisler locomotive and laid tracks into the woods from Brady to begin their railroad logging operation. A shingle mill was purchased in Montesano in 1919, the first of many manufacturing plants the company would own throughout Grays Harbor County. At the peak of operation, the Schafers were running one of the largest logging, milling and shipping concerns in the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest. Their properties and equipment at that time, not counting ships and tugs, included five sawmills in operation, served by six camps sending logs over 100 miles of rail. This required 18 locomotives, both geared and mainline types, and a total of 70 donkeys and 325 logging cars. To operate all of this equipment called for approximately 3000 employees. Simpson Timber Company purchased Schafer Brothers Logging Company in 1955.
Contributor: Rick Read (47476599)
Record Series: Cemetery Records
Collection: Fern Hill Cemetery (Grays Harbor County)
County: Grays Harbor
County: Grays Harbor
Cemetery: Fern Hill Cemetery
Reference: hrp-cem-grh-fern-hill_019753
Name: Neta F. Schafer
Burial Or Cremation Year: 1993
Funeral Home: Whiteside
Lot & Block: 24/9th Schafer Plot
Burial Or Cremation: Burial
Neta F. Schafer: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Neta F. Schafer
State of Issue: Washington
Date of Birth: Friday September 16, 1898
Date of Death: Tuesday January 12, 1993
Est. Age at Death: 94 years, 3 months, 27 days
Last known residence:
City: AberdeenAberdeen GardensBay CityBench DriveCentral ParkJunction CityMarkhamOcostaSouth AberdeenWishkah
County: Grays Harbor
State: Washington
ZIP Code: 98520
Latitude: 47.1445
Longitude: -123.7718
Aberdeen Daily World
Friday
January 15, 1993
Page A-5
OBITUARIES
Neta F. Schafer, widow of lumber pioneer, dies
Neta F. Schafer, 94, widow of lumber pioneer John D. Schafer and a resident of Aberdeen for the past 40 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1993, at Grays Harbor Community Hospital.
Mrs. Schaffer was born Sept. 16, 1898, between Brady and Satsop to Andrew and Anna (Medcalf) Smith, who owned the first car dealership in the county. She graduated from high school there in 1916 and then attended Grays Harbor Business College before working as a bookkeeper for the Brady Store.
In 1919, she married John Schafer, president of Schafer Bros., and they lived at several of the company's logging camps before moving to Montesano in 1931. They moved to Aberdeen in the mid-1950s.
Her husband died in 1956.
She was a longtime member of Crescent Orthopedic, YMCA Ladies Auxiliary Club 16, Daughters of the Pioneers, the Washington Athletic Club and the United Methodist Church of Montesano. She had been a member of the Montesano Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than years.
She liked to travel and took many trips to the Orient and cruises around the world. She most enjoyed spending summers on Hood Canal with her grandchildren.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Margaret) Hoyle of Seattle, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Mrs. Guy (Bernice) Marcy, died in 1989.
The funeral is set for 1 p.m. Monday at the Whiteside Funeral Chapel in Aberdeen. Interment will follow at the Schafer family plot at Fern Hill,Cemetery.
Suggested edit: Additional information attached to the family photo"
Schafer Brothers Logging Company got its start in 1893 when brothers Peter, Albert and Hubert Schafer began logging on the family homestead 6 miles upstream from the mouth of the Satsop. They logged with oxen and horses for 20 years. The company's first donkey engine was purchased from Washington Iron Works. Hubert went to work at the factory to learn how donkey engines were made and also to have all of his wages, except for living expenses, applied toward the cost of that first donkey engine. In 1913, they bought a 45-ton Heisler locomotive and laid tracks into the woods from Brady to begin their railroad logging operation. A shingle mill was purchased in Montesano in 1919, the first of many manufacturing plants the company would own throughout Grays Harbor County. At the peak of operation, the Schafers were running one of the largest logging, milling and shipping concerns in the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest. Their properties and equipment at that time, not counting ships and tugs, included five sawmills in operation, served by six camps sending logs over 100 miles of rail. This required 18 locomotives, both geared and mainline types, and a total of 70 donkeys and 325 logging cars. To operate all of this equipment called for approximately 3000 employees. Simpson Timber Company purchased Schafer Brothers Logging Company in 1955.
Contributor: Rick Read (47476599)
Fern Hill Cemetery (Grays Harbor County) - Fern Hill Cemetery - Neta F. Schafer
Record Series: Cemetery Records
Collection: Fern Hill Cemetery (Grays Harbor County)
County: Grays Harbor
County: Grays Harbor
Cemetery: Fern Hill Cemetery
Reference: hrp-cem-grh-fern-hill_019753
Name: Neta F. Schafer
Burial Or Cremation Year: 1993
Funeral Home: Whiteside
Lot & Block: 24/9th Schafer Plot
Burial Or Cremation: Burial
Neta F. Schafer: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Neta F. Schafer
State of Issue: Washington
Date of Birth: Friday September 16, 1898
Date of Death: Tuesday January 12, 1993
Est. Age at Death: 94 years, 3 months, 27 days
Last known residence:
City: AberdeenAberdeen GardensBay CityBench DriveCentral ParkJunction CityMarkhamOcostaSouth AberdeenWishkah
County: Grays Harbor
State: Washington
ZIP Code: 98520
Latitude: 47.1445
Longitude: -123.7718
Aberdeen Daily World
Friday
January 15, 1993
Page A-5
OBITUARIES
Neta F. Schafer, widow of lumber pioneer, dies
Neta F. Schafer, 94, widow of lumber pioneer John D. Schafer and a resident of Aberdeen for the past 40 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1993, at Grays Harbor Community Hospital.
Mrs. Schaffer was born Sept. 16, 1898, between Brady and Satsop to Andrew and Anna (Medcalf) Smith, who owned the first car dealership in the county. She graduated from high school there in 1916 and then attended Grays Harbor Business College before working as a bookkeeper for the Brady Store.
In 1919, she married John Schafer, president of Schafer Bros., and they lived at several of the company's logging camps before moving to Montesano in 1931. They moved to Aberdeen in the mid-1950s.
Her husband died in 1956.
She was a longtime member of Crescent Orthopedic, YMCA Ladies Auxiliary Club 16, Daughters of the Pioneers, the Washington Athletic Club and the United Methodist Church of Montesano. She had been a member of the Montesano Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than years.
She liked to travel and took many trips to the Orient and cruises around the world. She most enjoyed spending summers on Hood Canal with her grandchildren.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Margaret) Hoyle of Seattle, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Mrs. Guy (Bernice) Marcy, died in 1989.
The funeral is set for 1 p.m. Monday at the Whiteside Funeral Chapel in Aberdeen. Interment will follow at the Schafer family plot at Fern Hill,Cemetery.
Suggested edit: Additional information attached to the family photo"
Schafer Brothers Logging Company got its start in 1893 when brothers Peter, Albert and Hubert Schafer began logging on the family homestead 6 miles upstream from the mouth of the Satsop. They logged with oxen and horses for 20 years. The company's first donkey engine was purchased from Washington Iron Works. Hubert went to work at the factory to learn how donkey engines were made and also to have all of his wages, except for living expenses, applied toward the cost of that first donkey engine. In 1913, they bought a 45-ton Heisler locomotive and laid tracks into the woods from Brady to begin their railroad logging operation. A shingle mill was purchased in Montesano in 1919, the first of many manufacturing plants the company would own throughout Grays Harbor County. At the peak of operation, the Schafers were running one of the largest logging, milling and shipping concerns in the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest. Their properties and equipment at that time, not counting ships and tugs, included five sawmills in operation, served by six camps sending logs over 100 miles of rail. This required 18 locomotives, both geared and mainline types, and a total of 70 donkeys and 325 logging cars. To operate all of this equipment called for approximately 3000 employees. Simpson Timber Company purchased Schafer Brothers Logging Company in 1955.
Contributor: Rick Read (47476599)
Record Series: Cemetery Records
Collection: Fern Hill Cemetery (Grays Harbor County)
County: Grays Harbor
County: Grays Harbor
Cemetery: Fern Hill Cemetery
Reference: hrp-cem-grh-fern-hill_019753
Name: Neta F. Schafer
Burial Or Cremation Year: 1993
Funeral Home: Whiteside
Lot & Block: 24/9th Schafer Plot
Burial Or Cremation: Burial
Neta F. Schafer: Social Security Death Index (SSDI) Death Record
Name: Neta F. Schafer
State of Issue: Washington
Date of Birth: Friday September 16, 1898
Date of Death: Tuesday January 12, 1993
Est. Age at Death: 94 years, 3 months, 27 days
Last known residence:
City: AberdeenAberdeen GardensBay CityBench DriveCentral ParkJunction CityMarkhamOcostaSouth AberdeenWishkah
County: Grays Harbor
State: Washington
ZIP Code: 98520
Latitude: 47.1445
Longitude: -123.7718
Aberdeen Daily World
Friday
January 15, 1993
Page A-5
OBITUARIES
Neta F. Schafer, widow of lumber pioneer, dies
Neta F. Schafer, 94, widow of lumber pioneer John D. Schafer and a resident of Aberdeen for the past 40 years, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 1993, at Grays Harbor Community Hospital.
Mrs. Schaffer was born Sept. 16, 1898, between Brady and Satsop to Andrew and Anna (Medcalf) Smith, who owned the first car dealership in the county. She graduated from high school there in 1916 and then attended Grays Harbor Business College before working as a bookkeeper for the Brady Store.
In 1919, she married John Schafer, president of Schafer Bros., and they lived at several of the company's logging camps before moving to Montesano in 1931. They moved to Aberdeen in the mid-1950s.
Her husband died in 1956.
She was a longtime member of Crescent Orthopedic, YMCA Ladies Auxiliary Club 16, Daughters of the Pioneers, the Washington Athletic Club and the United Methodist Church of Montesano. She had been a member of the Montesano Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star for more than years.
She liked to travel and took many trips to the Orient and cruises around the world. She most enjoyed spending summers on Hood Canal with her grandchildren.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Donald (Margaret) Hoyle of Seattle, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Another daughter, Mrs. Guy (Bernice) Marcy, died in 1989.
The funeral is set for 1 p.m. Monday at the Whiteside Funeral Chapel in Aberdeen. Interment will follow at the Schafer family plot at Fern Hill,Cemetery.
Suggested edit: Additional information attached to the family photo"
Schafer Brothers Logging Company got its start in 1893 when brothers Peter, Albert and Hubert Schafer began logging on the family homestead 6 miles upstream from the mouth of the Satsop. They logged with oxen and horses for 20 years. The company's first donkey engine was purchased from Washington Iron Works. Hubert went to work at the factory to learn how donkey engines were made and also to have all of his wages, except for living expenses, applied toward the cost of that first donkey engine. In 1913, they bought a 45-ton Heisler locomotive and laid tracks into the woods from Brady to begin their railroad logging operation. A shingle mill was purchased in Montesano in 1919, the first of many manufacturing plants the company would own throughout Grays Harbor County. At the peak of operation, the Schafers were running one of the largest logging, milling and shipping concerns in the lumber industry of the Pacific Northwest. Their properties and equipment at that time, not counting ships and tugs, included five sawmills in operation, served by six camps sending logs over 100 miles of rail. This required 18 locomotives, both geared and mainline types, and a total of 70 donkeys and 325 logging cars. To operate all of this equipment called for approximately 3000 employees. Simpson Timber Company purchased Schafer Brothers Logging Company in 1955.
Contributor: Rick Read (47476599)
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