OBIT: Dora (SHAFFER) MITCHELL, 1938, New Paris, Bedford County, PA

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MRS. JOSEPH H. MITCHELL

  Dora (Shaffer), wife of Joseph Henry Mitchell, died at her home in New 
Paris on Aug. 19 after an illness of almost a year.  The funeral services 
were held Sunday afternoon in the Evangelical Church at that place, Rev. M. 
L. Kaufman officiating.  Interment in the Reformed cemetery in charge of 
Mortician J. Clifford Blackburn.
  A daughter of Rev. John and Mary Shaffer, she was born Aug. 10, 1862, in 
Shenandoah Valley, Va.  Besides her husband, she leaves the following 
children: Emmett, Charles and Thomas, all of New Paris; Mrs. Hartley Clark of 
Osterburg, Mrs. Effie Ferguson and Mrs. Sewell Griffith of Schellsburg.  
Also, 26 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and one brother.

MRS. DORA MITCHELL, NEW PARIS RESIDENT MANY YEARS, DIES

  A marriage tie of 55 years as broken with the death of Mrs. Dora (Shaffer) 
Mitchell, at her home in New Paris at 9 a.m. yesterday.  She had been ill 11 
months.
  Mrs. Mitchell, resident of the Bedford County community for many years was an 
active member of the Evangelical Church there.  She became the wife of Mr. 
Mitchell on July 1, 1883.
  A native of Virginia, she was born in the Shenandoah Valley on August 10, 
1862, a daughter of Rev. John and Mary Shaffer.
  In addition to her husband, she leaves three daughters, Mrs. Effie Ferguson 
and Mrs. Sewell Griffith, both of near Schellsburg, and Mrs. Hartley Clark, 
Osterburg, and four sons, Ralph, Emmett, Charley and Thomas Mitchell, all of New 
Paris, twenty-six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren also survive with 
four brothers and two sisters.
  Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Evangelical 
Church, New Paris, by Rev. Martin Kauffman of Alum Bank.  Interment in the 
nearby Reformed Cemetery will be directed by J. Clifford Blackburn, Alum Bank 
mortician.

Archie Claar Obituary Collection, C011 (1938), page 71