Ronald Keith Schafnit ^{1 2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1930 US Census in Moscow, IA on April 1930. ²

1930 US Census
Sheet 4A, Roll 670, District 0010, Household 65
Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa
Ronald Shafnit..Son..4..IA
(Living with parents.)
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• He appeared on the 1940 US Census in Moscow, IA on April 1940. ³

1940 US Census
Sheet 3B, Roll 1186, District 70-10, Family 71
Moscow, Muscatine County, Iowa
Last Place of Residence: Same Place
home owned, $800
Ronald Schafnit..Son..14..IA..8th grade
(Living with parents.)
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• His obituary was published in the Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home in September 2013 in Muscatine, IA.

Ronald Keith Schafnit, 87, of Bettendorf, died Saturday, September 14, 2013, at the Bettendorf Health Care Facility.

Funeral Service will be held at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, Davenport. Private family burial will take place at Oakdale Cemetery, Wilton.

Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at the church. Memorials may be made to St. Paul Lutheran Church or to Iowa Public Television or Radio. The Whelan Pressley Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

Ronald was born on February 17, 1926, in Atalissa, the son of Bert and Wilma Schmidt Schafnit. He married Shirley J. Geertz on June 12, 1949, in West Liberty.

Ron attended elementary and high school in Atalissa and later the American Institute of Commerce in Davenport. He retired from Alcoa in 1988 after 35 years of service.

He was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church, where he had been a member of the choir. Ron sang with the Handel Oratorio Society and was soloist at many weddings. He volunteered in many capacities at the church and also at Grant Wood Elementary, Bettendorf. He enjoyed music and flower gardening.

Survivors include his wife, Shirley Schafnit of Bettendorf; a son, Mark Schafnit of Bettendorf; a grandson, James Schafnit of Gilbert, Arizona; a brother, Jack Garvin of California; and nieces, nephews and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Dan; and a sister, Joyce Oepping.

(Source: Wittich-Riley-Freers Funeral Home, http://www.wittichfuneralhome.com/obituary/118670/Ronald-Schafnit, Accessed 24 Jan 2014)
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• He was buried on 18 September 2013 in the Oakdale Cemetery in Wilton, IA.

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