Col. Paul G. Schade

Chaplin Paul G. Schade, Col. USAF, 86, a resident of Filosa for eight years and husband of the late Dorothy (Flannery) Schade, died January 15.

He was the father of Marjorie S. Nelson of Newtown.

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio September 26, 1913, the son of Arthur A. and Emma (Schaeffer) Schade, he attended the University of Rochester, Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, Yale University and Andover-Newton Theological Seminary. The highest degree attained was Doctor of Ministry in Pastoral Counseling.

Col. Schade was a career Air Force officer, retiring in 1973, after 30 years of service and attaining the rank of colonel. He had received the Air Force Commendation Medal, two oak leaf clusters, and on retirement, the Legion of Merit. He served during World War II on the island of Guam with the 330th Bomb Group. He was also stationed in Japan during the Korean Conflict. His last assignment was second in command at the Chief of Air Force Chaplains Office in Washington, D.C.

He was a member and former pastor of the Stepney Baptist Church, Monroe. He had also been an American Baptist pastor at the Norwalk Community Church and the Liberty Street Baptist Church, Meriden. He was a former member of the First Baptist Church, Beverly, Mass. and the First Baptist Church, Colorado Springs, Colo.

Col. Schade was proud of his German heritage, dating back to his family’s emigration to Pennsylvania in 1804. He was a life member of the Blooming Grove Historical Society, the Military Chaplains Association and the 330th Bomb Group.

He was predeceased by his wife, Dorothy; daughter, Kathryn S. Valenti; and son, Peter B. Schade. In addition to his daughter, he is survived by two sisters, Clara Gallup of Cambridge, Mass., and Sarah Elsesser of Penney Farms, Fla.; four granddaughters, Jennifer Rogers of Danbury, Wendy Lane of New Canaan, Vivian Barlund and Lucy Valenti, both of Anaheim, Calif.; two grandsons, Jeffrey Valenti of Baltimore, Md. and Anthony Valenti of Anaheim, Calif.; three great-grandchildren, Annemarie Barlund of Anaheim, Calif. and Ryan and Timothy Rogers of Danbury; and many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 22 at the Stepney Baptist Church, Monroe at 11 am. Interment will be in the spring in the family plot at the Blooming Grove Cemetery in Pennsylvania at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Schade Scholarship Fund at the Colgate Rochester Divinity School, 1100 South Goodman Street, Rochester, NY 14620, the Book of Remembrances of the Stepney Baptist Church, 423 Main Street, Monroe, CT 06468 or the Endowment Fund of the Blooming Grove Historical Society, IIC 64 Box 625, Trout Run, PA 17771.

The Newtown Bee         January 21, 2000