Elva Ruth (Canning) Schafer Obituary
It is always difficult saying goodbye to someone we love and cherish. Family and friends must say goodbye to their beloved Elva Ruth (Canning) Schafer in Lees Summit, Missouri, born in Hale, Missouri, who passed away at the age of 88, on May 21, 2026. Family and friends can send flowers and/or light a candle as a loving gesture for their loved one. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Elva Ruth (Canning) Schafer to show support.
She was predeceased by: her parents, John Ross and Charlotte Faye Canning (Dinsmore); her husband Robert Otto Schafer, Sr.; her child Kelley Joann; her son-in-law Kelley (Mike Shoemaker); her brother Gene Canning; her parents-in-law, Rev. Otto Ray Schafer and Lela Elizabeth Schafer (Ragsdale); and her siblings-in-law, Virginia, Bob Dale, Faye and Kip Drown.
She is survived by: her sons, Robert Otto, Jr. and Steven John; her great grandchildren, Addison, Otto, Carter, June, Sutton, Thomas, Jack and Cora; her daughters-in-law, Minnie Schafer and Suzie Schafer; her grandchildren, Andrea Schumacher (Jon), Ashley Schafer (Kassidy Zhou), John Shoemaker (Casey), Virginia, Brian Schafer (Brianna), Joe Shoemaker and Kyle Schafer; her siblings, Alyce Frazier (Joe) of Mansfield, Texas and Ross Canning (Vee) of Port Angeles, Washington; her sister-in-law Tenny Canning of Seattle, Washington; and her brother Glen (Dotha) of Corvallis, Oregon.. She is also survived by eight beautiful great-grandchildren, several nieces, nephews.
