In loving memory of

Dorothy Schaefer
December 27, 1938 - June 14, 2020

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A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 20, 2020, at Hillside Cemetery in Sheffield. The Sietsema Vogel Funeral Home of Hampton is assisting Dorothy's family.

Dorothy June Schaefer, 81, of Mason City, Iowa, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2020, at Country Meadow Place in Mason City. She was born December 27, 1938, to George and Pearl (Kothenbeutel) Schaefer.

Dorothy graduated from Chapin High School and furthered her education at Hamilton Business College. She worked as a legal secretary for Levinson, Enabnit & Keen, Attorney at Law, and then for Keen and Enabnit. Dorothy was a member of Zion St. John Lutheran Church in Sheffield.

Dorothy is survived by her sister-in-law Diana Schaefer of Sheffield; niece Jean (Bill) Gallina of Krum, Texas, and their children Anthony (Rosa) Gallina and Staci Gallina; nephew Gary (Renee) Schaefer of Sheffield, and their children Kayla (Trevor) Nelson and Matthew (Courtney) Schaefer; niece Lori (Mark) Rempe of Ankeny, and their children Karissa, Kelsi, Austen Rempe and Taelor (Adrian) Gibson; along with one great-great nephew Graysen Nelson.

She was preceded in death by her parents George and Pearl Schaefer, brother Kenneth Schaefer, sister Ruth Ann Schaefer and several aunts and uncles.

Tributes

Will and Wendy Keen wrote on Jun 18, 2020:

"I was blessed with the daily privilege for over 30 years to work with and learn from this remarkably gifted person. She taught me more about how to do the practical day to day things to take care our client's needs than any course I took in law school. When I joined the law firm, Dorothy was still taking shorthand dictation from our senior partner Nate Levinson. She continued doing that for Nate as she mastered the dictaphone, the electric typewriter and eventually the computer to work with the other attorneys. Dorothy never quit learning new legal skills. Her degree of accuracy on highly technical documents was remarkable. Her quick mastery of new Internal Revenue Code provisions and their related tax forms left me in the dust behind her. When Dorothy announced she was going to retire I followed her out the door. Dorothy was professional and highly skilled but most importantly she was caring. Our clients were more than their legal cases, they were people with families many of whom she had followed for years. Her biggest delight and her brightest smiles were reserved however for when we talked about what was going on with her family. Each new childbirth, visit, illness, farm crop report or change in job that involved anyone in her extended family was vitally important to her. At her core she loved her family above all else. Will Keen "

Kim wrote on Jun 17, 2020:

"So sorry to hear of Dorothy's passing...she was a delight to get to know. Sending condoloences and Hugs! "