Obituary of SCHUMACHER, OTTO HENRY, II 1936 Oconee, SC
Keowee Courier
O. H. Schumacher Passes December 3 at Home Here
   Prominent in Business and Lifelong Active Member of the Lutheran Church
  Mr. Otto Henry Schumacher died at his home Thursday morning, December 3, 
1936, after an illness of only a few days, having been stricken with pneumonia 
Sunday night.  He was born December 21, 1884, baptized in infancy and confirmed 
in St. John's Lutheran Church, Walhalla, April 9, 1899, by Rev. J. G. Schaid.  
For twenty-five years, half his ife time, he was superintendent of the Sunday 
school, and almost continuously a member of the church council.  For many years 
he was leader of the young people's organization and was very valuable in their 
Christian life, by imparting some of his own enthusiasm to their development.  
Otto Schumacher had strong religious convictions and was desirous that the 
young people of the church should have an intelligent understanding of 
Christian duty.  He has been identified with the business interests of the town 
all his mature years.  Many years he served on the town council.  He and his 
family have built up a fine grocery business, which has become increasingly 
popular in recent years.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Fannie Crisp 
Schumacher; one daughter, Miss Frances Louise Schumacher; four sons, Paul D., 
O. H., William P. and Robert Crisp Schumacher; two sisters, Mrs. Bertha Shelor 
and Mrs. Katie White; one brother, J. H. Schumacher; two half-brothers, H. C. 
and W. H. Meiburg; and one half-sister, Mrs. F. M. Biemann.  Funeral services 
were conducted at St. John's Lutheran Church Friday morning at eleven o'clock, 
by his pastor, Rev. B. M. Clark, assisted by Rev. W. B. Aull.  Burial was in 
the Lutheran cemetery.  Active pallbearers were:  Clyde Edwards, D. B. Darby, 
Ralph H. Cain, S. H. Ballenger, D. E. Reese and S. L. Verner.  Honorary escort: 
H. C. Meiburg, H. W. Brandt, H. D. Biemann, E. B. Stoudemire, John A. Ansel and 
John Z. Brandt.  The unusually large attendance and the closing of the business 
houses in Walhalla and the beautiful floral tribute were indications of the 
esteem in which Mr. Schumacher had in the lives of the people.  The writer has 
been very closely associated with Otto Schumacher for twenty-one years.  On my 
first visit to Walhalla I was entertained in his home and enjoyed his 
hospirender(sic) a service in a christian tality(sic).  He was always ready to 
cause were he considered it worthy. He was patient in dealing with his fellow 
workers.  His taking away is a personal loss to me and all those who have known 
him intimately.  My sympathy and the sympathies of the people in this community 
are with his family in this bereavement.  W. B. Aull
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