OBIT: Louther N. SHAFER, 1980, of interest in Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Richard Boyer Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SHAFER Louther N. Shafer, 74, of Laughlintown, died Dec. 15, 1980, in the Latrobe Area Hospital due to an auto accident. Born Nov. 25, 1906, in Ligonier Township, son of the late Fred N. and Margaret (Louther) Shafer. Member of the Lebanon Church; F and AM 331. Survived by wife, Margaret Shafer; three children: Evonne Ficher, Southampton, Pa.; Lewis K. Shafer, Somerset; Margaret Lynn Brown, Boston, Mass.; four step-children: Lloyd Lam, Kansas City, Kan.; Janet Menoher and Mary Giesey, both of Ligonier Township; David Lam, Sligo, Pa. Also survived by one brother, Frederick Guy Shafer of Laughlintown; 23 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren. Family will receive friends at the Owen Wolford Funeral Home, 144 E. Main St., Ligonier, from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday. Service will be held in the chapel of the funeral home Thursday at 10 a.m., the Rev. Howard Smith in charge. Private interment will follow in Laurel Hill Cemetery. F and AM funeral service will be held in the funeral home Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. Daily American, December 16, 1980 [S0831]