A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Illinois > Pike http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=615 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=57651 Submitted by: watersb Article Title: Pike Press Article Date: June 4 2008 Article Description: Obituary of Varble, Cora Alice Schaaf Article Text: Cora Alice Schaaf Varble, 86, of Jerseyville died at 6:45 p.m. Friday, May 30, 2008 at Jerseyville Manor Nursing Home. She was born Sept. 4, 1921, in Kane, the daughter of the late Louis and Nettie (Dunham) Ford. She married Julius "Dude" Schaaf of Fieldon and together they were the parents of 10 children before their eventual divorce. After the divorce, she operated a restaurant in Fieldon and was a nurses' aide at Garnet's Chateau. She met Glen G. Varble and the two later married on Dec. 18, 1975, in Alton. After their marriage they moved to Pearl where she began working at the Brown Shoe Company and later as a nurses' aid at the Community Care Center, both in Pittsfield. Glen's declining health forced Alice to retire and he died Jan. 15, 1994, after 18 happy years of marriage. Surviving are two daughters and sons-in-law, Judy and Joe Roth of Fieldon and Carol and Jeff Barnett of Mt. Sterling; six sons and daughters-in-law, Russell Schaaf of Cottage Hills, Robert and Carolyn Schaaf and Kenneth W. "Bill" and Alice Schaaf, all of Jerseyville, Charles and Edna Schaaf, Donald and Barbara Schaaf, all of Fieldon, and Jim and Marcia Schaaf of Griggsville; 25 grandchildren; 48 great-grandchildren; two brothers, William "Woody" Ford of Kane and Wilbert Ford of Springfield. She was preceded in death by two infant children; a daughter-in-law, Marge Schaaf; three brothers, Henry, Ernest and Winslin Ford; and two sisters, Frances Wilson and Edna Pickett. Visitation was from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday at Crawford Funeral Home in Jerseyville, where funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Barbara Alley officiated. Burial took place in Mt. Gilead Cemetery in Carrollton. Memorials may be given to Fieldon United Church of Christ or to Blessing Hospice of Greene County. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ IL-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com