OBIT: Helen (WHITTAKER) SHAFFER, 1978, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, PA

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HELEN W. SHAFFER

  Mrs. Helen W. Shaffer, 75 of 626 Sixth St., Huntingdon, died 5:15 
a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 5, 1978, at the J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital, 
Huntingdon.
  She was born on April 24, 1902, in McConnellstown, the daughter of 
John and Carrie (Robb) Whittaker. She married Charles L. Shaffer on May 
1, 1925, in McConnellstown. He preceded her in death in 1957.
  Surviving are the following children: Charles L. Shaffer of Syracuse, 
N.Y.; Gene K. Shaffer of Rochester, N.Y.; Mrs. Francis (Margaret) Brady 
of Elmira, N.Y.; Fred W. Shaffer of Philadelphia; and Mrs. John K. 
(Pauline) Grove of Huntingdon.
  Sixteen grandchildren also survive, as well as four sisters: Mrs. 
Harry Shaffer, Mrs. Ralph Grove, Mrs. Chester Wakefield, and Mrs. James 
Hall, all of Walker Township, Huntingdon County.
  She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Huntingdon, 
and was very active in the church. She served on its Building 
Committee, was chairperson of the Council of Ministries, a teacher of 
the Philathea and Comrade class, and a member of the Naomi and Ruth 
Circle of the church. She was also a member of the Standing Stone 
Chapter of the D.A.R.
  Educated in the Huntingdon schools, she attended Juniata College and 
then, from 1919 to 1921, the Shippensburg Normal School. She taught in 
Huntingdon County for four years.
  She also worked at the old Susquehenna Silk Mill in Huntingdon, and 
later at Owens-Corning Fiberglas. She retired in 1967.
  Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 7, from the 
Gordon W. Haverstock Memorial Home, McConnellstown. The Rev. Paul II 
Kleffel, her pastor, will officiate, and interment will be made in the 
McConnellstown Cemetery.
  Friends may call at the memorial home from 7 to 9 p.m. today, Friday, 
Jan. 6.
  Those wishing to make memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may 
do so to the First United Methodist Church of Huntingdon.

The Daily News, Huntingdon, Mount Union and Saxton, Pa., January 6, 
1978, Page 2