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Jane Ellen Schafer Hilliard

Feb. 27, 1950 – May 26, 2023

Jane Ellen Schafer Hilliard, 73, passed away May 26, 2023.

Jane was born Feb. 27, 1950, to Paul and Dorothy Schafer, the only girl in a wheat farming family with three brothers. Jane's first words were," I do it myself," and the phrase revealed the true grit personality that she possessed her entire life.

Being the youngest of the "neighborhood girls" did not hold her back from leading the pack in small town adventures. Jane's lifelong love of animals began in girlhood when she doctored every creature from tadpoles to her beloved...