DIXON – Thelma B. Schafer, 80, of Dixon, died Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at KSB Hospital in Dixon. 

She was born April 2, 1932, in Greenville, Miss., the daughter of Weston and Leana Lector (Weeks) Hunt. She married Richard H. Schafer on Nov. 10, 1953, in Greenville.  He preceded her in death on Oct. 18, 2005.

Survivors include her daughter, Deborah (Randy) Smith of Dixon; two grandchildren, Heather Smith and David Fry; two stepgrandchildren, Tyson Smith and Maureen Simpson; two great-grandchildren, Devin and Dylan Fry; several step-great-grandchildren; one brother, Richard Savage of Mississippi; and two sisters, Jewel Dean Whitaker of Florida and Ruby Taylor of Alabama.