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Dolores Ann "Sis" Shtyk Schiefer, 72, of Harrisonburg, passed away on May 10, 2010, at Rockingham Memorial Hospital.
Mrs. Schiefer was born on Aug. 22, 1937, in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a daughter of the late William and Sylvia Drozdyk Szty k.
Dolores graduated from James Madison University in 1989 with a degree in general studies. She was a field representative with the United States Census Bureau for 20 years. She also worked as a hostess in period clothing in Colonial Williamsburg.
Mrs. Schiefer was a prolific reader and an extensive traveler within the United States, Europe and Russia. She enthusiastically supported sports and arts at JMU. Dolores volunteered locally, doing slide presentations in schools, swimming instruction for the vision impaired, and with the Boy Scouts of America. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend, and was cherished by all her extended family.
On Sept. 7, 1957, she married Henry Jerome Schiefer, who survives.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by two sons, Bob Schiefer of Harrisonburg, and David Schiefer and wife, Suzanne, of Lynchburg; a daughter, AnneMarie Lampersberger and husband, Kirby, of Prince George, Va.; a sister, Bernadette Kratochvil of Chester, N.J.; and six grandchildren, Christopher, Megan, Kailey, Jeb, Case, and Claire.
A Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, May 13, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church with Father Thomas Mattingly officiating. Interment will follow on Friday at 10 a.m. at Culpeper National Cemetery.
The Schiefer family will receive friends on Wednesday from 7 to 8 p.m. at the Kyger Funeral Home in Harrisonburg. They will also receive friends one hour prior to the service at the church and again following the service in Johnson Hall.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church Building Fund, 154 N. Main St., Harrisonburg, VA 22802, or to the Harrisonburg Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1477, Harrisonburg, VA 22803.
Online condolences may be sent to the family by visiting www.kygers.com.
Arrangements entrusted to the Kyger Funeral Home in Harrisonburg.
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