OBIT: Fred G. SHAFER, 1990, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

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FRED G. SHAFER

  Fred G. Shafer, 74, a lifetime resident of 631 Sixth St., Huntingdon, 
died at 3:09 a.m. Monday, July 23, 1990 in the J.C. Blair Memorial 
Hospital, Huntingdon, following an extended illness.
  Born in Huntingdon on July 22, 1916, he was a son of the late William 
Henry and Dora L. (Drake) Shafer. He was united in marriage with the 
former Elizabeth Isenberg Postlethwaite on April 5, 1939, at the 
Huntingdon Presbyterian Manse, by the Rev. John Thompson Peters.
  Surviving are his wife, at their home, a son, the Rev. Tim Shafer, of 
McConnellstown; five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a 
brother Donald C. Shafer, Huntingdon.
  Preceding him in death were a daughter Carol E. Asendorf, a son, who 
died in infancy, and three brothers.
  Mr. Shafer was a member of Heritage Baptist Church, McConnellstown. 
He was also a charter member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of 
Elks Lodge 976, Huntingdon, and a member of the Stone Creek Valley 
Lions Club.
  A 1934 graduate of Huntingdon High School, he was owner-operator of 
Shafer's Grocery on Sixth St., in Huntingdon.
  A private graveside service will be conducted at Riverview Cemetery 
by the Rev. Tim Shafer.
  Friends may call at the parsonage (second floor) of Heritage Baptist 
Church, McConnellstown, on Thursday, from 7-9 p.m.
  The family requests that no flowers be sent. Instead, memorial gifts, 
in Mr. Shafer's name, be sent to the Memorial Fund of Heritage Baptist 
Church, P.O. Box 68, McConnellstown, Pa. 16660.
  Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the John B. Brown 
Funeral Home, Huntingdon.

The Daily News, Tuesday, July 24, 1990