OBIT: Emma Jane SHAFFNER, 1920, Formerly of Littlestown, Adams County, PA

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Littlestown, Jan. 29 – Mrs. Frederick A. Shaffner, nee Miss Emma Jane Gutelius, 
of this place, was burned to death last Saturday morning at her home in 
Carlisle.  It is believed by her son, the only other occupant of the house, that 
Mrs. Shaffner got out of bed and struck a match in order to ascertain the time, 
and that her clothing caught afire.  She died in a few minutes and before her 
son could do anything to save her.  Mrs. Shaffner was 75 years of age, and one 
of Carlisle’s best known church workers.  For years she had charge of the work 
in the county jail among prisoners.  She is survived by one son, John Shaffner, 
who lives at home, and two daughters, Miss Dorothy, of Washington, D. C., and 
Mrs. Thos. Shay, of Philadelphia, and by one sister, Miss Gutelius, of 
Westminster.  Miss Belle Gutelius, deceased, late of this place, was also a 
sister.

Adams County Independent – Friday, January 30, 1920