Annette Schaumann
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June 3, 1934 - November 25, 2025
Annette Ely Schaumann, age 91, of Hockessin, DE, passed away on Tuesday, November 25, 2025.
A native of the Pennsylvania and Delaware area, Annette was born on June 3, 1934, in Scranton, PA–the oldest of five children to Dr. Jacob Owen Ely and Helen Skivington Ely. She graduated from Newark High School in Newark, DE in 1952, studied at the University of Delaware for two years of science, then attended Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York for three years where she received her Nursing degree. Annette then served in the medical field for a brief time before starting a family.
In July 1957, Annette married her childhood friend and sweetheart Erik Jefferson Schaumann, also from Newark. Life and career took them many places–Texas, New Jersey, Delaware, North Carolina, Delaware again–and they eventually settled in the Pike Creek area of Wilmington.
Annette was known for her numerous skills and passions: homemaking, being a dedicated mother to their four children, and serving as church office manager at Limestone Presbyterian Church, as well as genealogy research, antique collecting, church choir, and teaching ceramics. She and Erik loved sharing many of these interests, as well as camping, traveling, supporting their children's activities, and entertaining family and friends in their home, and Annette typically had a puzzle in progress somewhere in the house.
One of Annette's favorite things was an occasional cookie from Bing's Bakery.
She is preceded in death by husband, Erik Schaumann; son, Mark Schaumann; grandsons, Michael Dodson, Jr. and Wilson Rogers; brother, Richard Ely; and brother-in-law, Dave Burkart. She is survived by siblings, Alan Ely (Grace), Janet Burkart, and Raymond Ely; sons, Paul Schaumann (Vorice) and Carl Schaumann (Beth); daughter, Lisa Rogers (Chris); grandchildren, Sheri Dodson (Michael), Paul Schaumann, Jr., Erika Gonzalez (Anthony), Perry Rogers, Cleo Schaumann, and Leif Schaumann; and great granddaughter, Layla Dodson.
All services will be held privately.
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