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Florance Schaechter

  Florance Mae Schaechter, 90, formerly of Viola, died Sunday, Oct. 18, 1998, at Oak Glen Home.
  Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Catholic Church, Viola. Burial will be at St. John's Cemetery. Visitation will be Wednesday 5 to 8 p.m. with a wake service at 8 p.m. at the church. Memorials may be made to the St. John's Altar and Rosary Society. Kirk, Huggins and Esterdahl Funeral Home, Orion, was in charge of arrangements.
  Florance Mae was born Feb. 8, 1908, in Osborne County, Kan., the daughter of Roswell Henry and Lena Whan Soseman. She married Charles Francis Schaechter June 28, 1930, in Peoria. He died May 16, 1992.
  She received her education in the rural schools of Mercer County, Matherville, and Viola High Schools and the former Illinois Teacher's College of Macomb. She taught 38 years in Mercer County and was a special reading instructor in the Rock Island Public Schools. She also attended Marycrest College, Davenport.
  She was a member of the St. John's Catholic Church, Viola, a member of the Altar and Rosary Society of the church, she held life memberships in the National Education Association, the Illinois Education Association and the Illinois Retired Teachers Association, a former member of the Women's Business and Professional Organization of Aledo and a member of Mercer County Retired Teachers.
  She was born in a log and sod cabin on the prairies of Kill Creek, Kan.
  She enjoyed geneology and did extensive research on seven family histories.
  Survivors (and spouses) include daughters, Margie A. Frakes, Orion, and Mary Jean "MIM" Merta (Jeffrey), Dunedin, Fla.; a son, Charles Robert Schaechter (Mary Lou), Moline; 12 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren. She was preceded by her parents; husband; three brothers; and a sister.
(Rock Island Argus, October 20, 1998)

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