Milo J. Schaffner Jr., 68, of Van Wert, died at 8:39 p.m. Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert.
He was born July 9, 1947, in Van Wert, the son of Milo E. “Boots” Schaffner, who preceded him in death, and Dorothy M. (Sherburn) Kaduk, who survives in Van Wert. On May 8, 1965, he married Jo (Fowler) Schaffner, who also survives in Van Wert.
Other survivors include three children, Gregory (Cheryl) Schaffner and Brian (Lisa) Schaffner, both of Van Wert, and Jason (Linda) Schaffner of Middle Point; two sisters, Sande (Cal) Hasty of Bowie, Texas, and Carolyn Blue of Van Wert; six grandchildren, Patricia Bigham, Brittin Schaffner, Lincoln Schaffner, Cody Schaffner, Sidney Schaffner and Sage Schaffner; and four great-grandchildren, Macein, Morgein and Maverik Bigham and Benjamin Schaffner.
Mr. Schaffner was a Van Wert County farmer and owned Schaffner Tool & Die in Van Wert. He was a current Hoaglin Township trustee, was president of the Van Wert County Township Association, a member of the Republican Central Committee, a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and a past president of the Lincolnview Local Board of Education.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, September 20, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory in Van Wert, with the Rev. Neil Hammons officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hoaglin Township.
Calling hours are from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, September 19, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials: Donor’s choice.
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The following was provided by Joan Shoffner:
Community mourns loss of Schaffner
Friday, September 18, 2015 12:02 AM
BY ED GEBERT
DHI Media Editor
[email protected]
VAN WERT — “He was a good guy, no doubt about that!” summarized former Lincolnview Superintendent Ralph Snyder when discussing Milo Schaffner. The long-time Hoaglin Township trustee passed away Tuesday night shortly after making a short speech at the Heart Land Patriots’ Meet the Candidate Night at Trinity Friends Church. Schaffner was on hand at that event to speak out about Ohio House Bill 190 on wind farms and landowner rights. He was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to Van Wert Hospital.
Schaffner was known to speak out about topics without fear. He served multiple terms as a township trustee and has been an outspoken voice challenging wind farm expansion.
“Milo was passionate about doing what he thought was the best thing for the county and for his township,” noted Judge Martin Burchfield. “He genuinely cared and tried to take a common-sense approach.”
Schaffner was also a farmer, president of the Van Wert County Township Association, a member of the Republican Central Committee, and a past president of the Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education. He also challenged St. Sen. Cliff Hite for the 1st Ohio District State Senate seat in the 2014 Republican primary election.
“I think Milo was good to work with. He was good to reason with. He looked at both sides of the issues, whatever they might be. Milo, I always thought, had pretty good leadership skills, commented Snyder.”Overall, Milo served the community well, both as a board member and board president.”
He was born July 9, 1947, in Van Wert, the son of Milo E. “Boots” Schaffner, who preceded him in death, and Dorothy M. (Sherburn) Kaduk, who survives in Van Wert. On May 8, 1965, he married Jo (Fowler) Schaffner, who also survives in Van Wert.
Other survivors include three children, Gregory (Cheryl) Schaffner and Brian (Lisa) Schaffner, both of Van Wert, and Jason (Linda) Schaffner of Middle Point; two sisters, Sande (Cal) Hasty of Bowie, Texas, and Carolyn Blue of Van Wert; six grandchildren, Patricia Bigham, Brittin Schaffner, Lincoln Schaffner, Cody Schaffner, Sidney Schaffner and Sage Schaffner; and four great-grandchildren, Macein, Morgein and Maverik Bigham and Benjamin Schaffner.
Mr. Schaffner was a Van Wert County farmer and owned Schaffner Tool & Die in Van Wert. He was a current Hoaglin Township trustee, was president of the Van Wert County Township Association, a member of the Republican Central Committee, a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and a past president of the Lincolnview Local Board of Education.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, September 20, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory in Van Wert, with the Rev. Neil Hammons officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hoaglin Township.
Calling hours are from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, September 19, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials: Donor’s choice.
***
The following was provided by Joan Shoffner:
Community mourns loss of Schaffner
Friday, September 18, 2015 12:02 AM
BY ED GEBERT
DHI Media Editor
[email protected]
VAN WERT — “He was a good guy, no doubt about that!” summarized former Lincolnview Superintendent Ralph Snyder when discussing Milo Schaffner. The long-time Hoaglin Township trustee passed away Tuesday night shortly after making a short speech at the Heart Land Patriots’ Meet the Candidate Night at Trinity Friends Church. Schaffner was on hand at that event to speak out about Ohio House Bill 190 on wind farms and landowner rights. He was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to Van Wert Hospital.
Schaffner was known to speak out about topics without fear. He served multiple terms as a township trustee and has been an outspoken voice challenging wind farm expansion.
“Milo was passionate about doing what he thought was the best thing for the county and for his township,” noted Judge Martin Burchfield. “He genuinely cared and tried to take a common-sense approach.”
Schaffner was also a farmer, president of the Van Wert County Township Association, a member of the Republican Central Committee, and a past president of the Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education. He also challenged St. Sen. Cliff Hite for the 1st Ohio District State Senate seat in the 2014 Republican primary election.
“I think Milo was good to work with. He was good to reason with. He looked at both sides of the issues, whatever they might be. Milo, I always thought, had pretty good leadership skills, commented Snyder.”Overall, Milo served the community well, both as a board member and board president.”
Milo J. Schaffner Jr., 68, of Van Wert, died at 8:39 p.m. Tuesday, September 15, 2015, at Van Wert County Hospital in Van Wert.
He was born July 9, 1947, in Van Wert, the son of Milo E. “Boots” Schaffner, who preceded him in death, and Dorothy M. (Sherburn) Kaduk, who survives in Van Wert. On May 8, 1965, he married Jo (Fowler) Schaffner, who also survives in Van Wert.
Other survivors include three children, Gregory (Cheryl) Schaffner and Brian (Lisa) Schaffner, both of Van Wert, and Jason (Linda) Schaffner of Middle Point; two sisters, Sande (Cal) Hasty of Bowie, Texas, and Carolyn Blue of Van Wert; six grandchildren, Patricia Bigham, Brittin Schaffner, Lincoln Schaffner, Cody Schaffner, Sidney Schaffner and Sage Schaffner; and four great-grandchildren, Macein, Morgein and Maverik Bigham and Benjamin Schaffner.
Mr. Schaffner was a Van Wert County farmer and owned Schaffner Tool & Die in Van Wert. He was a current Hoaglin Township trustee, was president of the Van Wert County Township Association, a member of the Republican Central Committee, a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and a past president of the Lincolnview Local Board of Education.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, September 20, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory in Van Wert, with the Rev. Neil Hammons officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hoaglin Township.
Calling hours are from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, September 19, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials: Donor’s choice.
***
The following was provided by Joan Shoffner:
Community mourns loss of Schaffner
Friday, September 18, 2015 12:02 AM
BY ED GEBERT
DHI Media Editor
[email protected]
VAN WERT — “He was a good guy, no doubt about that!” summarized former Lincolnview Superintendent Ralph Snyder when discussing Milo Schaffner. The long-time Hoaglin Township trustee passed away Tuesday night shortly after making a short speech at the Heart Land Patriots’ Meet the Candidate Night at Trinity Friends Church. Schaffner was on hand at that event to speak out about Ohio House Bill 190 on wind farms and landowner rights. He was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to Van Wert Hospital.
Schaffner was known to speak out about topics without fear. He served multiple terms as a township trustee and has been an outspoken voice challenging wind farm expansion.
“Milo was passionate about doing what he thought was the best thing for the county and for his township,” noted Judge Martin Burchfield. “He genuinely cared and tried to take a common-sense approach.”
Schaffner was also a farmer, president of the Van Wert County Township Association, a member of the Republican Central Committee, and a past president of the Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education. He also challenged St. Sen. Cliff Hite for the 1st Ohio District State Senate seat in the 2014 Republican primary election.
“I think Milo was good to work with. He was good to reason with. He looked at both sides of the issues, whatever they might be. Milo, I always thought, had pretty good leadership skills, commented Snyder.”Overall, Milo served the community well, both as a board member and board president.”
He was born July 9, 1947, in Van Wert, the son of Milo E. “Boots” Schaffner, who preceded him in death, and Dorothy M. (Sherburn) Kaduk, who survives in Van Wert. On May 8, 1965, he married Jo (Fowler) Schaffner, who also survives in Van Wert.
Other survivors include three children, Gregory (Cheryl) Schaffner and Brian (Lisa) Schaffner, both of Van Wert, and Jason (Linda) Schaffner of Middle Point; two sisters, Sande (Cal) Hasty of Bowie, Texas, and Carolyn Blue of Van Wert; six grandchildren, Patricia Bigham, Brittin Schaffner, Lincoln Schaffner, Cody Schaffner, Sidney Schaffner and Sage Schaffner; and four great-grandchildren, Macein, Morgein and Maverik Bigham and Benjamin Schaffner.
Mr. Schaffner was a Van Wert County farmer and owned Schaffner Tool & Die in Van Wert. He was a current Hoaglin Township trustee, was president of the Van Wert County Township Association, a member of the Republican Central Committee, a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and a past president of the Lincolnview Local Board of Education.
Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, September 20, at Alspach-Gearhart Funeral Home & Crematory in Van Wert, with the Rev. Neil Hammons officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Hoaglin Township.
Calling hours are from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday, September 19, at the funeral home.
Preferred memorials: Donor’s choice.
***
The following was provided by Joan Shoffner:
Community mourns loss of Schaffner
Friday, September 18, 2015 12:02 AM
BY ED GEBERT
DHI Media Editor
[email protected]
VAN WERT — “He was a good guy, no doubt about that!” summarized former Lincolnview Superintendent Ralph Snyder when discussing Milo Schaffner. The long-time Hoaglin Township trustee passed away Tuesday night shortly after making a short speech at the Heart Land Patriots’ Meet the Candidate Night at Trinity Friends Church. Schaffner was on hand at that event to speak out about Ohio House Bill 190 on wind farms and landowner rights. He was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to Van Wert Hospital.
Schaffner was known to speak out about topics without fear. He served multiple terms as a township trustee and has been an outspoken voice challenging wind farm expansion.
“Milo was passionate about doing what he thought was the best thing for the county and for his township,” noted Judge Martin Burchfield. “He genuinely cared and tried to take a common-sense approach.”
Schaffner was also a farmer, president of the Van Wert County Township Association, a member of the Republican Central Committee, and a past president of the Lincolnview Local Schools Board of Education. He also challenged St. Sen. Cliff Hite for the 1st Ohio District State Senate seat in the 2014 Republican primary election.
“I think Milo was good to work with. He was good to reason with. He looked at both sides of the issues, whatever they might be. Milo, I always thought, had pretty good leadership skills, commented Snyder.”Overall, Milo served the community well, both as a board member and board president.”
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