Mary Virginia Kolba Schaaf: 3rd of 5 children born to Rudolf & Irma (nee Hajek) Kolba; granddaughter of Mary (nee Hehne) & Thomas Kolba; (all of Harrison, NJ); wife of Erwin Schaaf; sister of infant Thomas Kolba (d.1909); William Kolba of Elizabeth, NJ; Elizabeth Kolba of Harrison; & Edward Kolba of Kearny, NJ; aunt of MJ & Diana
Vibrant, versatile, and accomplished, Mary Schaaf (nee Kolba) had been a star athlete as a young woman, playing as a "ringer" on various women's basketball teams in the Newark, NJ, area during the 1930's. Born and raised in nearby Harrison, she moved to Maplewood, NJ, after her marriage to Swiss-born Erwin Schaaf, and turned her talents to homemaking. An outstanding cook and seamstress, she also enjoyed entertaining and foreign travel. During the 1950's she and her husband restored a century-old farmhouse in Hunterdon County, NJ, and eventually made it their permanent residence. (Their household also included the former owner of the property, a veteran of the Spanish-American War named Mr. Anderson, who stayed on as caretaker until his death. A great reconteur, he enthralled visitors with stories of his father's service in the Civil War and his own experiences in Cuba.) Mrs. Schaaf's life was cut short during a morning errand in December 1964, when the car she was driving collided with another vehicle on an icy road off Rte.78. She was 51 years old. Predeceased by her grandparents, her father, and an infant brother who died before her birth, survivors included her husband, her mother, her brothers Bill and Edward, her sister Betty, and two nieces.
Vibrant, versatile, and accomplished, Mary Schaaf (nee Kolba) had been a star athlete as a young woman, playing as a "ringer" on various women's basketball teams in the Newark, NJ, area during the 1930's. Born and raised in nearby Harrison, she moved to Maplewood, NJ, after her marriage to Swiss-born Erwin Schaaf, and turned her talents to homemaking. An outstanding cook and seamstress, she also enjoyed entertaining and foreign travel. During the 1950's she and her husband restored a century-old farmhouse in Hunterdon County, NJ, and eventually made it their permanent residence. (Their household also included the former owner of the property, a veteran of the Spanish-American War named Mr. Anderson, who stayed on as caretaker until his death. A great reconteur, he enthralled visitors with stories of his father's service in the Civil War and his own experiences in Cuba.) Mrs. Schaaf's life was cut short during a morning errand in December 1964, when the car she was driving collided with another vehicle on an icy road off Rte.78. She was 51 years old. Predeceased by her grandparents, her father, and an infant brother who died before her birth, survivors included her husband, her mother, her brothers Bill and Edward, her sister Betty, and two nieces.
Mary Virginia Kolba Schaaf: 3rd of 5 children born to Rudolf & Irma (nee Hajek) Kolba; granddaughter of Mary (nee Hehne) & Thomas Kolba; (all of Harrison, NJ); wife of Erwin Schaaf; sister of infant Thomas Kolba (d.1909); William Kolba of Elizabeth, NJ; Elizabeth Kolba of Harrison; & Edward Kolba of Kearny, NJ; aunt of MJ & Diana
Vibrant, versatile, and accomplished, Mary Schaaf (nee Kolba) had been a star athlete as a young woman, playing as a "ringer" on various women's basketball teams in the Newark, NJ, area during the 1930's. Born and raised in nearby Harrison, she moved to Maplewood, NJ, after her marriage to Swiss-born Erwin Schaaf, and turned her talents to homemaking. An outstanding cook and seamstress, she also enjoyed entertaining and foreign travel. During the 1950's she and her husband restored a century-old farmhouse in Hunterdon County, NJ, and eventually made it their permanent residence. (Their household also included the former owner of the property, a veteran of the Spanish-American War named Mr. Anderson, who stayed on as caretaker until his death. A great reconteur, he enthralled visitors with stories of his father's service in the Civil War and his own experiences in Cuba.) Mrs. Schaaf's life was cut short during a morning errand in December 1964, when the car she was driving collided with another vehicle on an icy road off Rte.78. She was 51 years old. Predeceased by her grandparents, her father, and an infant brother who died before her birth, survivors included her husband, her mother, her brothers Bill and Edward, her sister Betty, and two nieces.
Vibrant, versatile, and accomplished, Mary Schaaf (nee Kolba) had been a star athlete as a young woman, playing as a "ringer" on various women's basketball teams in the Newark, NJ, area during the 1930's. Born and raised in nearby Harrison, she moved to Maplewood, NJ, after her marriage to Swiss-born Erwin Schaaf, and turned her talents to homemaking. An outstanding cook and seamstress, she also enjoyed entertaining and foreign travel. During the 1950's she and her husband restored a century-old farmhouse in Hunterdon County, NJ, and eventually made it their permanent residence. (Their household also included the former owner of the property, a veteran of the Spanish-American War named Mr. Anderson, who stayed on as caretaker until his death. A great reconteur, he enthralled visitors with stories of his father's service in the Civil War and his own experiences in Cuba.) Mrs. Schaaf's life was cut short during a morning errand in December 1964, when the car she was driving collided with another vehicle on an icy road off Rte.78. She was 51 years old. Predeceased by her grandparents, her father, and an infant brother who died before her birth, survivors included her husband, her mother, her brothers Bill and Edward, her sister Betty, and two nieces.
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