Lothar Karl, age 77, and Sherry Allen Schweder, age 65, of Lexington passed away on Sunday, August 15, 2009 in Lexington as a result of dog attacks.
A memorial service for Mr. & Mrs. Schweder will be held on Monday, August 24, 2009 at 2pm from the East Chapel of Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, 4355 Lexington Road, Athens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to:
Madison/Oglethorpe Counties Animal Shelter
or
Athens Area Humane Society.
Born 1943, in Prescque Isle, Maine, to Robert and Dorothy Allen, Sherry enjoyed learning new languages, taking long walks and spending time with her beloved pets. She worked as a Bibliographer in the University of Georgia Library’s Collection Development Department for over 30 years. During that time, she played a significant role in building the libraries collections, particularly in the areas of foreign languages, linguistics, classics, philosophy, and religion.
Born in 1932 in Rambow-Stolp, Germany, Lothar enjoyed collecting books and communicating with others about Kansas Jayhawks basketball and politics on the Internet. He was a retired from the Hutchison Correctional Facility in Hutchison, K. S. and at one time, a professor at the University of Georgia.
Both Sherry and Lothar are survived by her mother, Dorothy B. Allen of Williamsburg, V. A.; her sister Victoria Allen Lazear of Portola Valley, CA; her brothers, Phillip Allen of Pointe Richmond, CA and Mark Allen of Palo Alto, CA; their two sons and daughters-in-law, York and Mickey Schweder of Hutchison, KS., and Mark and Windy Schweder of Aiken, SC; their grandson, Matthew Schweder of Hutchison, KS.; their granddaughter, Emily Schweder of Hutchison, KS.; their grandson, Aubrey Schweder of Aiken, SC.; their grandson Quinlan “Quinn” Schweder of Aiken, SC; and many loving extended family members and friends.
Lord and Stephens Funeral Home, East Chapel has charge of arrangement.
**Due to time limits, the obituary was not edited by localobits, only copied from the funeral home website.***
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