Jean (Schaffer) Dachsteiner, 83, formerly of Phoenixville, died on Saturday, August 24, 2013 at Manor Care-Pottstown, where she resided since January.

She was born in Worcester to the late Clinton Buckwalter and Mary Ella (Neihart) Schaffer. She was a graduate of Phoenixville High School and worked for many years in the kitchen at Phoenixville Hospital and as a waitress at the former Vale-Rio Diner.

She is survived by one son: Dennis J. Gambino, of Schwenksville; three daughters: Toni Ann Gambino- Berger and husband Matthew, of Harleysville; Mary Rose (Gambino) Timbario and husband Robert, of Gilbertsville and April Lynn Dachsteiner, of Pottstown; sisters: Patsy Gambino, of Royersford and Gail Schaffer, of Phoenixville; eleven grandchildren: Dawn Renee (Phillips) Moyer and Sarah Katherine (Phillips) Trocine; Geanine (Gambino) Sanchez, and Fallon and Tristan Gambino; Robin Evans, Marisa Self, Adam and Robert J. Timbario, Stephen Tyler and Savanna Jean Arnold; and Twelve Great-Grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by an infant daughter, Linda Susan Weidner and siblings: Kenneth, David, Walter and Emmett Schaffer, Alberta Whitby, and Wanda Ennis.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday, August 28, 2013 at 10:00 AM at Campbell-Ennis-Klotzbach Funeral Home, Inc., Main Street at Fifth Avenue, Phoenixville, PA. Visitation will be from 9-10 AM. Burial will be in Parker Ford Baptist Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Peter’s Place, 111 Church Street, Phoenixville, PA 19460. Online condolences may be offered at www.phoenixvillefuneralhome.com