Obituaries : Genevieve Dolores (Heitshusen) Schumacher

Genevieve Dolores (Heitshusen) Schumacher

Newhall:  Genevieve Dolores (Heitshusen) Schumacher, 84 of Williamsburg and formerly of Newhall died Wednesday, April 29, 2015 at Mercy Medical Center in Iowa City.  Funeral Services will be held at 10:30 AM, Saturday, May 2, 2015 at St. John Lutheran Church in Newhall with Rev. Steven Rempfer officiating.  Interment will be in St. John Lutheran Cemetery near Newhall.  Visitation will be from 4 to 7 on Friday, May 1, 2015 at Phillips Funeral Home in Blairstown.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. John’s Lutheran, Newhall, Iowa City & Mercy Hospice or the charity of your choice. 
     Genevieve was born May 23, 1930 to Martin and Evelyn (Sandersfeld) Heitshusen on a farm south of Amana.  
     On February 1, 1948 Genevieve was united in marriage to Eldon Schumacher at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Williamsburg.
     She drove a school bus for Benton Community Schools for over 30 years and the children lovingly called her Mrs. Shoe
     Genevieve is survived by her children:  Angela (Doug) Nevil of Whitney, TX, Ken (Chris) Schumacher of Union, WA, Michele Schumacher of Cedar Rapids, IA; her grandchildren, Erica, Matt and Zach Schumacher, Nathan and Andrea Andrews, Kevin and Alex Barry, Leslie Baccus; her great grandchildren, Quinn and Hadley Andrews, Wyatt Barry, Emmerich Schumacher and Wyatt Balliew.
     She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Eldon; her sisters, Lillian Wiebold and Laura Tschopp; her brother, Robert Heitshusen and her grandchildren, Jamie and Dawn Blanchard.