Charlevoix County MI Archives Photo Tombstone.....Shafer, Milburn L. 
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Cemetery:           Brookside Cemetery
Name:               Milburn L. Shafer

Date Of Photograph: July 20, 2014
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September 17, 1918 - December 26, 2017


OBITUARY

    Milburn L. (Mel) Shafer, 99, passed away on December 26, 2017, in Sarasota,
Florida.

    Mel was born on September 17, 1918, at home in Weesaw Twp., Southwest
Michigan, to Lillie and Ned Shafer.

    He spent some time farming and graduated in 1936 from Buchanan High School,
Michigan. He worked as a department timekeeper for Clark Equipment Company in
Buchanan. Mel then graduated from Wayne State College of Mortuary Science in
1942. Afterwards, he enlisted in the Navy Hospital Corp. and served as the sole
medical department on his ship, U.S.S. LCI (L) 346, through most of the island
action throughout the Pacific Theater, receiving several medals. He came home
and joined the staff at Muehlig Funeral Chapel in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he
worked for 35 years, eventually becoming a partner in the firm. He retired to
homes in Charlevoix, Michigan, and Florida. Mel and his friend Arthur Taylor
restored six homes in Charlevoix.

    He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Donald Shafer, sister
Eunice Polley and longtime companion Art Taylor.

    Mel is survived by several nieces, nephews and many friends.

    Funeral services will be announced in the Spring of 2018. Interment will
take place in Brookside Cemetery in Charlevoix in the Spring.

    Arrangements are being handled by the Winchester Chapel of Mortensen Funeral
Homes in Charlevoix, Michigan 



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