Ionia-Montcalm County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shafer, Thelma May 2003
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The Greenville Daily News


Thelma May Shafer, 82, of Stanton, formerly of Belding, passed away Monday 
evening, December 15, 2003, at Sheridan Community Hospital.  Thelma was born 
August 29, 1921 in Dearborn, the daughter of James and Alda Rich Graham.

She retired from Gibson’s in Greenville and was a past member of the Ladies 
Auxiliary of American Legion Post 203 of Belding. 

She was married on November 15, 1942 to Robert H. Button.  She was preceded in 
death by her first husband, Robert H. Button, on June 14, 1996; her second 
husband, Paul Shafer, on November 4, 1988; her parents; granddaughter, Elkie 
Newland; and three great-grandsons, Christopher Ruid, Brock Allen Snuff, and 
Shawn Robert Ridgeway.

Thelma is survived by two daughters, Sharan and Richard Newland of Cedar 
Springs, Diana Arntz of Stanton; eight grandchildren and eight great-
grandchildren; three sisters, Juanita Crawford of Greenville, Isabell Bracker 
of Belding, Wilma and Bud Simons of Belding; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral and committal services are 3 p.m. Thursday at Johnson-Feuerstein 
Funeral Home, Belding, with Pastor Ken Harger officiating.  Internment is in 
Rest Haven Memory Gardens, Belding.  There is no visitation.  Memorial 
contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.


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