Peter Joseph Schaefer, 80, of Riceville, Iowa, passed away at his home surrounded by his family on Saturday March 22, 2014.

Funeral services will be held at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Riceville at at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 26, 2014, with Rev. Steve Garner officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery in Riceville. Friends may call at the Lindstrom Funeral Home in Riceville from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, and one hour before services at the church on Wednesday. A rosary service will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Peter was born April 6, 1933, on the family farm in Mower County near Meyer, Iowa, to John W. and Emma (Kresbach) Schaefer. He attended local rural schools. On Jan. 9, 1954, Peter was united in marriage to Ann Miller at St. John’s Catholic Church in Johnsburg, Minn. Peter was a retired farmer.

Survivors include his wife Ann; daughters Linda (Chuck) Schumann, Doris (Jim) Green, Sharon (Gary) Adams, Theresa (Kenneth) Smith, all of Riceville; and Nancy (Frank) Theis of New Haven, Iowa; 24 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. Also surviving are two brothers, Bud (Rose) Schaefer of Adams, Minn.; Ray (Judy) Schaefer of Danville, Ky; and a sister, Gladys Miller of Adams.

Preceding Pete in death were his parents, two sons Joseph and Daryl, a granddaughter Rachel Theis and a sister Jolene May.