Elizabeth Ann Schaf

Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Schaf, 74, died peacefully at home on Sunday, September 21, 2025. She was born in Perrysburg, Ohio on November 3, 1950 to Helen (Schuster) and Edwin “Pete” Bernard. She graduated from Perrysburg High School in 1968 and attended the University of Toledo, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education. She married Peter Marshall Schaf in 1976 in Perrysburg where they lived for 47 years. Betsy dedicated 31 years of her life to education, teaching first, third, and fourth grade, but her passion was teaching kindergarten, which she taught for 25 years, using her creativity and enthusiasm to make sure that each and every child left her classroom knowing they were wonderful just as they are. While teaching kindergarten at Toth Elementary School, Betsy received the George Munger award and the Perrysburg Schools Teacher of the Year award.

Betsy loved gardening, spending hours in her beautiful yard working with her husband, Pete. Pete and Betsy were also huge fans of the Cleveland Indians and Browns. They had so much fun attending Tribe games together, traveling to the beach, walking in uptown Perrysburg, and drinking margaritas with friends and family. Pete was her anchor and the love of her life.

Betsy is survived by her daughter, Ellen (Jon) Main and grandsons JP and Camden of Loveland, Ohio; her sister Debbe (Tom) Becker of Raleigh, North Carolina; her brothers, Brad Bernard of Atlanta Georgia and Peter Bernard of Cincinnati, Ohio as well as many nieces and nephews. Betsy was preceded in death by her husband, Peter; her parents; and her sister-in-law, Debbie Matte Bernard.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital www.stjude.org or Read for Literacy www.readforliteracy.org. Services will be private.