OBIT: Henry Robert KEAFER, 1997, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed by Kerry L. Miller. Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ KEAFER Henry Robert Keafer, 65, of Somerset died April 20, 1997, at Somerset Hospital. Born Nov. 13, 1931, in Johnstown. Son of the late Clayton Henry and Bertha Irene (Spory) Keafer. Also preceded in death by a sister, Ann Williams. Survived by wife, the former Shirley M. Shaffer, to whom he was married 40 years, and these children: Mrs. Steve (Ira) Rea of Plantation, Fla.; Mrs. Gerald (Ann) Oortman and Miss Julia Ann Keafer, both of Marietta, Ga.; 4 grandchildren: Alexandra Linden, Nicholas Rea, Molly Rea and Carrie Oortman. Brother of Mrs. Guy E. (Cora) Beabes of Somerset RD 2; Paul R. Keafer of Willow Hill; Mrs. Robert (Mabel) Morrell of Davie, Fla. Member of Bethany United Methodist Church and Teamsters Local 429, Steubenville, Ohio. Army veteran of Korean War. 1949 graduate of Somerset High School. Retired truck driver for Jones Motor Freight and was a driver for J&L Truck Bodies. Friends received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 Tuesday at the Hauger Zeigler Funeral Home, where services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Wednesday, with the Rev. Barry K. Ritenour officiating. Interment, Berkey Cemetery, Paint Township. Contributions may be made to Pediatrics Ward, Somerset Hospital, 222 S. Center Ave., Somerset, Pa. 15501. Daily American, April 22, 1997 [K0140]