Richard Lee Schafer
Marriages
Mary Kate Freer - February 20, 1954
Burial Details
Obituaries
The Daily Sentinel page 5A - January 25, 2020
Richard L. Schafer, 86, of Grand Junction, died Jan. 21, 2020,
at Mesa Manor. Funeral 11 a.m., Thursday at Callahan-Edfast
Mortuary. Burial 1 p.m., at Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery.
The Daily Sentinel page 3D - January 26, 2020
Longtime resident of the area
Richard Schafer passed away
on January 21, 2020, of natural
causes. He was 86 years old.
He is survived by his high
school sweetheart, (hun) Mary
Kate Greer. They were married
on February 20, 1954, in Fruita,
CO, and would have celebrated
their 66th wedding anniversary this coming February.
Richard graduated from Fruita Union High School in 1952. He
was drafted into the service in 1953 and honorably discharged as a
corporal in 1955.
Richard was a cattleman first and foremost. He loved the Lord
and was a member of the Seventh Day Adventists. He worked for
D&RGW Railroad for 17 years. He owned and ran a successful
trucking company based out of Greeley, CO, and a successful
home building construction company, also in Greeley, CO. Richard
finally made his way back to the Grand Valley to retire in the place
he called home.
He is survived by children, Carol (Michael) Kulp of Grand
Junction, CO, and John (Retha) Schafer of Greeley, CO; brothers,
Lawrence of Grand Junction, CO, and Dean of Sun City, AZ; seven
grandchildren, and 20 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death
by sons, Rick and Michael; brothers, LaVern and Urban, and sister,
Barbara.
Funeral service on Thursday, January 30, 2020, at 11:00 a.m.
at Callahan-Edfast Mortuary. Interment to follow at 1:00 p.m. at
Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado.
