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Josephine Elizabeth Schafer Trued passed away in New York on Sunday, July 17, 2011.

She was born to William and Minnie Schafer at their farmhouse in Perry, Kansas, on March 16, 1924.

She graduated from Perry High School in 1941, and entered the nursing program at KU.

She left the program to marry 1st Lt. Marine Air Corps Merlyn Trued in 1944. She supported his education through graduate school, and through his long career as an international economist which included his being appointed Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury by President Kennedy.

She and her husband had two children, Micheal Trued (Alice) of Lorton,VA, and Sally Trued (Nicholas Shorter), of Hastings-on-Hudson, NY.

She leaves behind many beloved relatives including seven grandchildren and her sisters-in-law Oleta Schafer, Gladys Schafer, Betty Atwell, and Thelda Schafer.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, Bill, Truman, John, Eugene, and Bob.

She returned for the Schafer annual family reunion in Perry whenever she could and never lost her love of that area and its history as well as maintaining a strong sense of the importance of family.

A small, private memorial service will be held on August 14, 2011, at Cape May Point, New Jersey. Interment will take place in October 2011 (TBA) at the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

Family/Spouse: Merlyn Nelson Trued. Merlyn (son of Herman Sigfrid Trued and Hulda Theolina Nelson) was born on 23 Dec 1922 in Ceresco, Saunders County, Nebraska; died on 13 Feb 1998 in Hanover, Grafton, New Hampshire; was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Michael Eugene Trued
2. Sally Jo Trued