IN MEMORIAM: Elisabeth Schanz, 89,
Farmed In Springfield With Husband
SPRINGFIELD – Elisabeth Schanz, 89, of County Highway 27, a native of Yugoslavia, who ran a Town of Springfield dairy farm with her late husband, passed away on Wednesday afternoon April 20, 2016, at her home, with her family by her side.
She was born on Jan. 16, 1927, in Beschka, Yugoslavia, daughter of the late Philip and Susanna Walter Thuro. Elisabeth was both raised and educated in Yugoslavia.
On May 14, 1949, Elisabeth was united in marriage with Adam Schanz in Sonthofen, Germany. They shared a loving and devoted union of 49 years until his passing on June 8, 1998. Mrs. Schanz was primarily a homemaker and helped her husband with his dairy farm.
She attended Richfield Springs Bible Church.
In her leisure time she enjoyed her vegetable and flower gardens. She gloried in the beauty of the flowers and the healthy vegetables that she was able to feed her family every year. Her gardens were always kept perfect, with such pride that weeds never had a chance.
Surviving her are two sons and their wives, Horst and Maggie Schanz, and Steven and Gudrun Schanz, all of Springfield; two daughters, Kathy Schanz of New York City, and Elizabeth MacNaught and her husband Malcolm of Oneonta; a brother, Philipp Thuro of Germany; 11 grandchildren, Stephanie DeVries, Kristina Schanz, Liesl Schanz, Sarah Mower, Shirley Mower, Laura Mower, Michelle Sessions, David Kirk, Michael, Kirk, Kristen Stanford and Jennifer Edwards, 18 great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews and cousins in Canada and Germany.
In addition to her husband, Adam, she was preceded in death by a brother, Karl Thuro, and a daughter, Gerda Mower.
Calling hours for Mrs. Schanz will be 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 23, in the Richfield Springs Bible Church. A funeral service will follow immediately at noon, with Pastor David Tosi officiating. Interment will be later this spring in Saint Joseph’s Cemetery, Richfield Springs.
Expressions of sympathy may be made with memorial donations to the Springfield Volunteer Fire Department or a charity of choice.
