BERNARD SCHAER

BLOOMFIELD  Bernard J.  Schaer , age 83, of Fairfield, and former Bloomfield resident, died June 21, 2007 at the Parkview Care Center, in Fairfield, Iowa.  He was born April 14, 1924, in Peoria, Illinois, to Jacob and Magdalena Risius Schaer.  He married Leah Marie Mogler, November 12, 1950 in Lester, Iowa.  She precedes him in death, March 12, 1997.  A resident of Fairfield since 1998, he was a dairy farmer and raised livestock.  He was a member of the Bloomfield Apostolic Christian Church, and was Baptized in Christ September 1949 at the Apostolic Christian Church in Peoria, Illinois.

He is survived by two sons Donald Schaer, of Drakesville, Iowa, and David Schaer, of Burlington, Iowa, three daughters Vera Lindeen, of Wapello, Iowa, Janet Schaer and Jane Reiman, both of Canton, Missouri, eight grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a sister Helen Owens, of New Whiteland, Indiana.

He is preceded in death by his parents, two grandchildren, two brothers, Theodore and Chris Schaer, and two sisters Martha Mahnesmith and Anna Mae Gerber.