Jody J. Schemanske

Jody J. Schemanske, age 56, a lifelong resident of Tawas City and Oscoda, died on Monday, April, 18, 2011, at her home.
She was born in Tawas City on Jan. 26, 1955, to the late Walter and Virginia Wegner (nee Rapp). Jody graduated from Tawas Area High School in 1973. Over the years, she was employed at the Tawas St. Joseph Hospital emergency room, by Dr. Mollard and Dr. Richardson and, more recently, she served as director for the Oscoda-AuSable Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Oscoda Tourist and Convention Bureau.
Jody was very active and instrumental in many community events through the years. She enjoyed the outdoors, especially golfing, sailing, fishing and vacationing in the Florida Keys and she will be dearly missed by family and friends.
Jody is survived by Tom, her husband of 27 years; and son, Drew (Sarah) Nelson and their three daughters, Madden, Maya and Abigail. She is also survived by her brothers, Richard (Dee) Wegner of Zilwaukee, Dennis (Mary) Wegner of Traverse City and Tracy Wegner of Traverse City; and sister, Kris (Kim) Draeger of Lansing.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, April 29, at 11 a.m. at Buresh Funeral Home in Oscoda. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Memorials may be directed to the family and condolences may be offered at www.bureshfuneralhomes.com.