DELORES THERESA "Theresa" SCHAAF
(née KELEHER)

Born: November 24, 1927   Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota
Died: April 15, 2013   St. Cloud Hospital, St. Cloud, Stearns, Minnesota
Buried: April 18, 2013   St. Lawrence Parish Cemetery, Duelm, Minnesota


Parents:
 
 
Occupation:
 
Marriage:
 
 
 
Daniel Martin Keleher
Anna Genevieve Stohr

Worked in the Star-Tribune cafeteria for 5 years
 
Conrad Fabian "Fabian" Schaaf
September 29, 1952
Tracy, Lyon, Minnesota


 

Children: Patrice Mary July 16, 1953  
  Sharon Ann Apr. 26, 1955  
  Kenneth John May 17, 1957  
  Linda Marlene Sept. 30, 1959  
  Timothy Paul Feb. 1, 1964  
  Margie Janice Jan. 8, 1965  

Notes: Theresa was born on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 1927 in Tracy, Minnesota to Daniel and Anna (Stohr)
  Keleher. She and her sister Rosie were identical twins. She grew up on a farm near Tracy.

At the time of the Apr. 9, 1930 U.S. federal census, Theresa D. was 2 years, 4 months old and living with her parents and six siblings ranging in age from 2-1/2 years like herself to 15 years old on their home farm in Monroe, Lyon, Minnesota. The family owned a radio. Her father was working as a farmer. He and her mother had been married when he was 25 and she was 26 years old. Theresa's four eldest siblings were all attending school, but she, her twin sister Rosa D. and sister Kathleen E. were not in school yet.

Theresa lost her mother at the age of 11 and after that time kept house for her father.

At the time of the Apr. 17, 1940 U.S. federal census, Theresa was 11 years old and living with her father Daniel (who had just been widowed a scant two weeks earlier) and four siblings ranging in age from 8 years to 21 years old in Monroe, Lyon, Minnesota. They had been living in the same house on Apr. 1, 1935. Her father was working as a farmer on the farm 63 hours a week, 52 weeks a year. Her 21-year-old single brother Joseph was working as a farm laborer 70 hours a week, 52 weeks a year and was an unpaid worker on the family farm who did not have a federal Social Security number. The other five children were all attending school.

When she was 19, Theresa moved to Minneapolis where she worked for the Star-Tribune cafeteria for five years. She met her future husband, Fabian, through a pen pal club sponsored by Extension Magazine. The couple were married on September 29, 1952 in Tracy. They lived and farmed near Foley. Theresa was a member of St. Lawrence Catholic Church. She loved her family and was a wonderful mother. She liked to play cards and listen to music.

Ancestry: The Johann "Hans" Kempa Line [through marriage]
   
Obituary of Theresa Schaaf

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