OBIT: Charles L. SHAFFER, 1918, Roaring Spring, Blair County, PA

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CHARLES L. SHAFFER

  Charles L. Shaffer, aged 47 years, died at the Roaring Spring 
hospital on Thursday evening at 7.30 of pneumonia following influenza.  
He was ill a week and at the same time all other members of the family 
were down with the disease.  Shaffer was removed to the hospital a few 
hours before his death in a dangerous condition.  He was born at East 
Sharpsburg and was twice married.  He was a son of Jacob and Christian 
Shaffer, deceased.  He first married Mrs. Martha Wilt, and a son was 
born to the union.  A few years later Mrs. Shaffer and the boy, Harry, 
passed away.  Mr. Shaffer some years ago married Mrs. Mary Hammond and 
they have resided in Roaring Spring, he being employed in the paper 
mill and in contract work.  He is survived by his widow and five small 
children, as follows: Ruth, Dorothy, Paul, Harriet and Harold Matthew, 
all at home.  Also surviving are the following step-children: Mrs. 
Mildred Burk, Laura and John Hammond, of Youngstown, O.; Viola and 
Velta Hammond, at home.  The man was a member of the Roaring Spring 
Church of the Brethren.

Altoona Times, Altoona, Pa., Saturday Morning, October 26, 1918