It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Elizabeth J. (Betty Jo) Schaefer of Batesville, Indiana, who passed away at the age of 89, on August 1, 2022. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by : her parents, Frank N. Gutzwiller and Frances Gutzwiller; her husband Alfred Schaefer (Junior); her son Greg; and her siblings, Hilda Bartling, Frances Rose Gutzwiller, Alfred, Martin, Frank T., Donald and Harold Gutzwiller.

She is survived by : her daughters, Debra Wright (Hoagy), Jo Ann Butt (Alan) of Batesville, Kaye Darby (Jed) of Greensburg and Diane Smith (Tom) of Osgood; her daughter-in-law Jackie Schaefer of Batesville; her grandchildren, Zach Butt (Nikki), Emily Butt (Chris Landrum), Nick Butt (Danielle), Christopher Powell and Jessica Mize (Brandon); her great grandchild Raelyn Stuart; her grandchildren, Austin, Jeremy, Lexi, Jaelyn Ebinger, Eli, Livi Butt, Trent Stuart, Hailey Shaw and Emery Mize; and her siblings-in-law, Marion Gutzwiller, Ruth Schaefer, Rosemary Conrad and Lester Schaefer. She is also survived by her husband or brothers.

The family requests memorials to Margaret Mary Health Foundation Hospice or the Sylvester J. Bartling Scholarship Fund within the Ripley County Community Foundation.

Funeral arrangement under the care of
Weigel Funeral Home