Vanessa Lynn Schaper, three and one-half months old, a resident of Sharon Circle in Columbia, died Sunday, November 17, 2002 in Amarillo, Texas.
Funeral services for Vanessa will be conducted Saturday, November 23, 2002 at 10:00 a.m. at the Williams Columbia Funeral Home with Reverend Dave Baker officiating. The family will visit with friends Friday from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
She was born in Maury County on July 30, 2002 to Joe Schaper of Nashville and Jeanna Roman Schaper of Columbia.
She attended the Lighthouse Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents she is survived by a sister, Abigal Grace Roman of Columbia; maternal grandmother, Cynthia Roman of Columbia; maternal foster grandparents, Harvey and Alice Burkins of Mt. Pleasant; maternal aunts, Natasha Roman and Tiffany Roman of Columbia; maternal uncle, C.J. Roman of Columbia; maternal aunts and uncles, Trent and Cherie Wray of Columbia and James and Stacey Silva of Delaware; paternal grandfather, Henry Schaper of Rawlins, WY; paternal grandparents, Ernest and Salley Warren of Columbia; paternal great grandparents, Herbert and Lois Harris of Homer, NY; paternal great grandmother, Marian Emery of Cortland, NY; paternal aunt, Stephanie Schaper of Columbia; paternal uncle, Gene Cline of Columbia; paternal aunts and uncles, Bobby and Emma Schaper of Columbia, Duane and Michelle Warren of Cortland, NY, Jerry and Tina Underwood of Syracuse, NY, and Doug and Holly Etheridge of Oak Grove, KY.
Pallbearers will be Trent Wray and Bobby Schaper.
Memorials may be made to the Vanderbilt Children's Hospital Development Office 2424 Garland Avenue Nashville, Tennessee 37212.