OBIT: Charles C. SHAFER, 1944, Somerset, Somerset County, PA

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CHARLES C. SHAFER

  Charles C. Shafer, aged 51, died at his home on South Center Ave., Somerset, 
at 11:15 o'clock Monday morning.  He had been in failing health for two years 
and had been bedfast for two weeks.
  A son of Charles C. and Eliza (Crissey) Shafer, he was born in Somerset, Aug. 
6, 1892.  He was well known as a musician and vocalist.  He was a member of the 
Al Fields' minstrel troupe for many years, and also played with an orchestra in 
Altoona theatres for some time.
  Surviving are a brother, Eugene Clifford Shafer, Pittsburgh, and five sisters 
- Mrs. Lulu Weimer and Mrs. Bertha Landis, both of Somerset; Marian Shafer, at 
home; Mrs. Laredo Rauch, Somerset, and Mrs. Vida Nicholson, Tucson, Ariz.
  Funeral services were conducted at 4 o'clock Wednesday afternoon by Rev. B. F. 
Bungard, D.D., pastor of the Somerset United Brethren Church.  Burial in Union 
Cemetery.

Meyersdale Republican, June 29, 1944