Mrs. Betty Jean Schafer of Leesburg, Virginia, passed away peacefully on Monday, July 14th, 2025 at 3:57 p.m. with her daughter Pamela Sieber and granddaughter, Emma Sieber by her side at 90 years of age.
Mrs. Schafer will arrive at the Carthage Chapel of Sanderson Funeral Home on Monday July 21st from Leesburg. Graveside services and interment will be conducted Wednesday morning July 23rd at 11 a.m. at the Smith County Memorial Gardens with Eld. Scott Rigsby officiating. Burial will follow beside her husband Ben in the Garden of Gethsemane.
The family will receive friends at Sanderson in Carthage only on Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. until leaving for the cemetery at 10:45 a.m,.
Born Betty Jean Collins on October 28, 1934 in Livingston, Tennessee to her parents Emma Ethel and Herman Miles Collins, she was reared in Smith County with her four brothers, Leonard Collins who died February 20, 2007 at the age of 77, James E. (Jimmy) Collins Sr. who died January 23, 2010 at the age of 71 and Eld. Herman Miles (Jake) Collins Jr. who died January 1, 2012 at the age of 71.
Mrs. Schafer was a member of the 1953 graduating class at Smith County High School where she was a member and secretary of the Hobby Club her freshman year, the FTA club also her freshman year, science club her sophomore year, International Relations and junior play cast, both her junior year.
She met Benjamin (Ben) Schafer in Nashville, Tennessee in 1953 and were married in 1954 in Acorn County, Mississippi. She gave birth to her first son, Gary, in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, before moving to Minnesota where she gave birth to Steven, Pamela, and Susan.
Betty and Ben relocated to Waldorf, Maryland in 1973 then to Leesburg, Virginia in 1977, where Betty worked for the Loudoun County Hospital as a Ward Secretary.
From 1982 to 1996, Betty and Ben resided in Bangladesh for Ben’s work, before returning home to Virginia. They traveled the world far and wide including Europe, Africa, and Asia, though they always came home when their grandchildren were born. While in Bangladesh, Betty worked for the American School as a Teacher’s Aide. Once Bangladesh opened adoption to the United States, she helped a group of women to bring children stateside.
Mrs. Schafer was grounded in her faith as a Lutheran, being a part of the church’s Women’s Group where her passion for sewing, mending, and quilting served those in need. The group contributed quilts to Lutheran World Relief, an international aid and development organization that partners with communities to respond to natural disasters and humanitarian crises. She spent a majority of her free time visiting men and women from church as they grew older, being there for them in their times of despair. She continued to assist the elderly as a caregiver for many in the community through her later years.
She was beloved by many and known as “Grandma Betty” to most. She was always quick to offer help to those in need, cook a warm meal, and bake for those she did not know and those she loved, often saying “l have a recipe for that.” She was a devout, generous, kind, and loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, and friend, who gave back to her community and raised her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and strangers alike, as her own. Her warmth and strength will be greatly missed.
She is survived by her brother Harold (Slick) Collins and wife Wanda of Carthage, two children Pamela Sieber, and Susan Jewel (Tony Widmer), eleven grandchildren; Amanda Deering White and husband K.C., Garrett Schafer and wife Jennifer, Benjamin Schafer, Nicholas Jewel and wife Karen, Carrie Jernigan and husband Andrew, Kristi Sieber, Ryan Jewel, Tyler Jewel and wife Hillary, Cindy Schafer, Emma Robic and husband John, Curtis Sieber and seven great grandchildren (with another on the way), who all loved their grandmother dearly.
Pallbearers: Tony Collins, Tony Widmer, Ryan Jewel, Tyler Jewel, Garrett Schafer, and Curtis Sieber.
Reception to follow at the Carver Barn – 315 Defeated Creek Hwy, Carthage, TN 37030
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