- Date Of Death: March 17, 2013
- State: Ohio
Sara B. Schaefer, age 97 of Bowling Green, Ohio, a former Salem resident, died Sunday morning, March 17, 2013 at the Heritage Corner Health Care Campus in Bowling Green. She was born November 11, 1915 in Colerain, Ohio, a daughter of the late Lewis and Myrtle (Ferguson) Starbuck. Mrs. Schaefer was a 1934 graduate of Salem High School. She had worked in the Salem High School cafeteria and had previously owned the Wade Schaefer Garage with her late husband, Wade. She was a member of the Holy Trinity English Lutheran Church in Salem and the St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Bowling Green. She enjoyed sewing, crafts and playing cards and was a member of the Salem Antique Car Club. Her husband, Wade Schaefer, whom she married December 4, 1937, preceded her in death December 11, 2002. Two brothers, Harry and Ray Starbuck and three sisters, Lena Althouse, Helen Mosher and Margaret McConnell also preceded her in death. Survivors include a son, Rev. Dale (Ginger) Schaefer of Bowling Green; a daughter Lois (Mark) Hross of Collinsville, Alabama; a sister, Edith Berger of Salem; five grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren.
