LaVern Schafer died Sunday, October 4, 2020 at Monticello, Iowa.

Graveside services will be held 11:00 Thursday morning, October 8, 2020 at Oakwood Cemetery in Monticello.  Friends may call after 10:00 at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the family.  Thoughts, Memories and Condolences may be left at www. goettschonline.com.

Surviving is his sister, Tampa Forbert.  He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Ruth in 2016, a brother Dale and a sister Diane Sparks.

LaVern Schafer was born at Anamosa, Iowa.  He was the son of Ernest and Josephine Bruce, Schafer.  He graduated from the Monticello Community Schools.   LaVern then enlisted in the United States Navy.   Following his honorable discharge from the Navy, LaVern returned to Anamosa where he went to work for the Iowa Department of Transportation.  He retired from the D.O. T. in 2000.  LaVern married Ruth Leytem on August 24, 1965 at the Little Brown Church, Nashua.