Schaefer, John D. Thursday September 25, 2025. Beloved husband of Linda J. Schaefer (nee Scott). Dear father of Kimberly (The late Kevin) Torgerson, Dawn (John) Herminghaus, Bradley (Mari) Schaefer and Austin Mahan. Dear grandfather of Zach, Cody, Brenden, Ethan, Aneesa and Celia. Dear great grandfather of Kohana. Dear brother of Mark, Steven and Denise, Our dear brother-in-law, uncle, great uncle, cousin and friend.
Funeral from Kutis South County Chapel, 5255 Lemay Ferry Rd. Tuesday, October 7 at 10:00 am. Interment Mt. Hope Cemetery. Member of Community Bible Church in Pevely. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Disabled Veterans of America or Turning Point USA appreciated. Visitation Monday, October 6, 4-8 pm.
My Brother John is home.
I pray God gives peace and comfort to his family. He will forever be remembered in my heart ♥️. I’m so happy to have seen him before he went home to be with Jesus, his Lord and Savior! I also am grateful that we shared time together in his latter days and he shared his service in the USAF, and his many accolades given him by his superiors. It is priceless to me. Until we meet again John! Better known as “Jack” my entire adolescent life!
Mourning is for the living, as he is in Heaven now. 💔
Linda, Kim, Dawn, Denise and Austin and families, I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you at this difficult time. There is truly nothing I can say that can make it any easier to lose a loved one but know that in time all your memories will be cherished forever. Only time can truly help this and it takes a lot of it. There was a time when you were all truly my extended family and I will always hold all of your dear in my heart. You will all be with John again in Heaven and he will now be your “Guardian Angel”. My love goes out of all of you. Know you are not alone in your grief. May God give you peace and comfort in your time of need. My sincere condolences go out to you all. Many are keeping you in their thoughts and prayers, I wish I could visit with you all but am not able to leave my home anymore. I will be with you in spirit. God Bless!
God Bless you Judi and Kenny.
Such kind words. John is home with his family, and we do get to see them again!! Mourning is for the living.
May God give you restoration!! He is the only one that knows the trials we face.
I find comfort in that.
Godspeed! ♥️🙏
I can’t believe I forgot to add in Brad, Mari and their family! I apologize, the phone rang and my brain just isn’t what it used to be. Please know that I am thinking and praying for you all as well! God Bless!
Dear Papaw,
I miss you more than you know…It hurts so much that your not here with us anymore. You always saw the best in me even when no one else did…You always believed in me when others didn’t…and you always pushed me to be the best person I could be from making sure I always had good grades to the life lesson you taught me and the talks we always had. I wish I could’ve made it to your funeral but most of all I wish I didn’t go down the path I went down…If I would’ve just listened to you I never would’ve got locked up and I would’ve been able to see you before God decided to bring you home with him…You always saw the best in me even when everyone else only saw the bad. Everyone else saw me as a problem child and only you saw the best in me and always pushed me to be the best person I could be. You always saw the potential in me even when everyone else even myself didn’t. I know your watching over me up there and I promise you Papaw I’m going to make you proud and prove everyone else wrong. I’ma be everything you saw in me and more. I wish I didn’t have to find out the way I did but everything happens for a reason even though I will never understand why you had to leave I know God has bigger plans for me (Jeremiah 29:11) and I know that every obstacle He puts in my way is only a part of the bigger picture. I know I disappointed you and I’m truly sorry. If I would’ve just listened to you I know I wouldn’t have went down the path I did but I always was too hard headed. I’m sorry I didn’t listen to you but I promise I’m gonna make you proud if it’s the last thing I do. I wish I could’ve hugged you, spent time with you, or even just hear your voice one last time. I think about you all the time…you used to always tell me I could be anything if I put my mind to it…you always encouraged me to get good grades in school and no matter what anybody said you always believed in me. When everyone was telling you how bad I was instead of lecturing me or getting on my bumper you were there for me and you always understood what I was going through and you were always there for me. When nobody would listen to my point of view or what I was going through you were always there to help me and show me I was loved. I miss you more than anybody knows. Ever since I went down the wrong path it feels like everyone is against me and stereotypes me… I know if you were still with us you would be in my corner no matter what people say. You were my hero… I looked up to you more than I’ve ever looked up to anyone. I remember in elementary my school would have a veterans day breakfast and every year you made sure you were there and that meant so much to me. I took the time you had with us for granted and I’m truly sorry. I know you are in a happier place looking over all of us but it hurts that I can’t just call you and hear your voice one last time. I know God has bigger plans and this was only a bump in the road but I still question why he had to take you away from me so soon. You didn’t deserve to leave this earth so soon and since you’ve been gone it seems like life has just been so hard. I wish I could just call you and talk about my problems. I really need you here with me but I guess God needs you more. Whatever he has in store for me I will walk through and make the best out of it to make you proud. You were supposed to be at my graduation and all my major life events but God called you home too soon. I love and miss you more than words can express and you will always live on in my heart.
Sincerely,
Your Grandson,
Elijah Abrams…AKA (Buddha Baby)