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- DIED TODAY AT PRESCOTT HOME
Mrs. Louise Schaf, Age Seventy-Six,
Was Resident of Town Half Century
FUNERAL SERVICE MONDAY
Mrs. Louise Schaf, age seventy-six, widow of Nicholas Schaf, and a resident of Prescott, Shelby County for fifty years, died Thursday morning at 6:45 o'clock at her home in Prescott. Her death was caused by a complication of diseases. Mrs. Schaf was well and most favorably known through the Prescott and Waldron community.
She was born April 10, 1850 in Dearborn county, in November 1868, she was married to Mr. Schaf. His death occurred a few years ago. Ten children were born to them, six of whom survives. Mrs. Schaf had long been a member of the St. Vincent Catholic Church, east of Shelbyville.
She leaves four daughters, Mrs. Harry C. VanWay, of Shelbyville; Mrs. Louis Hoffman, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Henry Rehme, of Rushville; and Mrs. L. W. Miller, of Prescott, and two sons, John Schaf, of Prescott, and F. L. Schaf, of Springfield, Ohio. Twenty grandchildren and three great grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Schaf also is survived by one brother, Louis Kuntz, of Shelbyville, and a sister, Mrs. Caroline Firsich, of near Prescott.
Funeral services will be conducted at the St. Vincent Catholic church Monday morning at nine o'clock, the Rev. Father Duffy, pastor officiating. Burial will be made in the church cemetery, R. T. Stewart in charge. Please omit flowers. Friends may call at the home from Saturday evening until the hour of the funeral. (Obit: The Shelbyville Republican, Jan. 20, 1927, pg. 6)
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