Tracey Scherer Obituary

The memorial service for Tracey L. Scherer will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 6, at the Gary R. Feigal, M.D. Interfaith Chapel at the Mayo Clinic Health System – Lake City Care Center, in Lake City.  Another memorial service will also be held in Lehighton, Pa. at a later date.
    Mrs. Scherer, 43, of Red Wing, passed away Saturday Jan. 30, 2016 at the Lake City Care Center in Lake City.
    Tracey Lee Steigerwalt was born Aug. 25, 1972 in Lehighton to Edwin and Sherry (Moser) Steigerwalt, Sr.  Tracey grew up in Pennsylvania attending elementary school at Lehighton and East Penn Township Schools and graduating from Lehighton Area School in 1990. She married Timothy Scherer on Dec. 24, 1992 in Ashfield, Pa.
    Tracey lived in Pennsylvania until 1993 when she moved with her husband and family to various states while Tim served in the military.  They moved back to Pennsylvania in 1996.  Tracey then worked at Small World Day Care.  She also served as a volunteer firefighter for East Penn Township. After Tim retired from the military they moved to Red Wing  in 2008.
    Tracey is survived by her loving husband, Timothy Scherer of Red Wing; two daughters, Alyssa and Jessica and a son, David, all at home; her mother, Sherry (Barry) Thompson of Lehighton; her father, Edwin (Eileen) Steigerwalt, Sr. of Leighton; one brother, Edwin Steigerwalt, Jr. of Lehighton; four step-sisters, Tracy Thompson, Lisa LeDoux, Kim Brown and Amy Brown; and two step-brothers, Todd Thompson and Barry Thompson.  She was preceded in death by her paternal and maternal grandparents.
    Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Schleicher Funeral Homes, Lake City Chapel, Lake City.  Guest register may be signed online at www.schleicherfuneralhomes.com.