Jackson County MsArchives Obituaries.....Shafer, Benjamin Nathan April 1963
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April  1963  - The USS Thresher 
Benjamin Nathan Shafer was born September 26, 1926, died April 1963 on the 
disaster of the USS Thresher. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Neil D. (Connie 
Pendarvis) Shafer. Parents are formerly from Jackson County, MS. He graduated 
from the Robert E. Fitch High School in Groton, Conn., June 1944. 

Preceding him in death are his great-grandparents: John W. Jones and Anne 
(Kennedy) Jones;  grandparents, Joseph James Pendarvis and Mary E. (Jones) 
Pendarvis; Aunt Jenny Jones Lopez Smith;  Uncles Allen Pendarvis and J. 
Pendarvis; all of Escatawpa, Jackson County, MS. Benjamin's younger brother, 
John Davis Shafer was also serving as a member of the crew of  The USS Thresher 
at the time of the disaster.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Joyce C. Shafer; a daughter, Penny L.; three sons, 
Stephen J., Peter N., and Michael J. He is also survived by a brother, Joseph 
Shafer of Bath, Ohio; and three sisters, Mrs. F.G. Watson of Mobile, Ala.; Mrs. 
David Main of North Stonington, Conn.; and Mrs. Clyde Phelps of Gales Ferry, 
Conn.

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