OBIT: Anna (SHAFFER) MAURER, 2001, native of Somerset County, PA
  
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  MAURER
  
    Anna Shaffer Maurer, 91, of Indiana died May 16, 2001 at the Indian
  Haven Nursing Center.  Daughter of James Garfield and Anna Barrett
  Shaffer, she was born July 1, 1899 in Jenner Township, Somerset
  County.  Preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Henry W.
  Maurer in 1962; a son John H. Maurer, and a sister Emily S. Dietz. 
  Survived by a sister, Naomi Shaffer, Virginia Beach, Va.; a
  daughter-in-law Sarah Maurer Boney, Staunton, Va.; two
  granddaughters, Laura Ann Maurer, Greensboro, N.C., and Karen Wilson
  Maurer, Chapel Hill, N.C.  Mrs. Maurer lived most of her life in
  Indiana County where she was a graduate from Indiana State Teacher's
  College, now IUP.  She was a teacher for Westmont Hilltop School
  District until her retirement in 1974, then worked as a volunteer
  teacher for Twin Wells Indian School in northern Arizona.  Mrs.
  Maurer also volunteered as a receptionist for the Wartburg Lutheran
  Nursing Home, Mt. Vernon, N.Y.  She was a member of the Zion Lutheran
  Church.  Family will receive friends from 9 to 10 a.m. Friday at the
  Zion Lutheran Church in the Chapman Room.  A memorial service will
  follow at 10 a.m. with Pastor Roy P. Washill officiating.  Interment
  will be in Casebeer Lutheran Cemetery, Somerset County.  Memorial
  contributions may be made to the Zion Lutheran Church Endowment Fund,
  Sixth and Church Streets, Indiana, Pa. 15701.  Robinson-Lytle Inc. is
  in charge of arrangements.
  
  Daily American, May 17, 2001
  
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