Elsie Clara Schumacher; Real Estate Broker
Elsie Clara Schumacher, a Thousand Oaks real estate broker and former Marine Corps staff sergeant, died Friday after a brief illness. She was 72.
Born in Cologne, Germany, Schumacher was a naturalized U.S. citizen after moving to the United States as a child in 1929. She moved to Ventura County in the mid-1960s after working in the civil service in Turkey. During the Korean War, she was a clerical worker at Marine headquarters in Washington, D.C., and was discharged as a staff sergeant.
Schumacher had been a commercial real estate broker in Thousand Oaks for 20 years. “She was still working on listings two days before she went into the hospital,” said her younger brother, Charles Schumacher of Long Beach.
She also enjoyed writing letters to the editor and taught typing classes at night.
Schumacher was divorced and had no children. In addition to her brother Charles, Schumacher is survived by another brother, Steven of Palmdale; a niece, Sandra Walker; and a nephew, Curt Schumacher.
Funeral arrangements are private and are being handled by Sunset Cremation and Burial in Ventura. Schumacher will be buried at Riverside National Cemetery.
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