OBIT: Clair W. SHAFFER, 2007, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA
 
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  SHAFFER, Clair W.  06/01/07   Daily American
  
    Clair W. Shaffer, 82, Whistler Road, Stoystown, died May 30, 2007, at Memorial Medical
  Center. Born Feb. 11, 1925, in Hooversville, son of Harry J. and Carrie K.
  (Gindlesberger) Shaffer. Preceded in death by parents and an infant brother. Survived by
  his wife of 59 years, the former Florence A. Shaffer; children, Kerry and wife, Deborah,
  Swartz Creek, Mich.; Valli, married to William Hall, Pittsburgh; Michael and wife, Robyn,
  Rochester, N.Y.; grandchildren, Christopher, Melanie, Amanda, Lindsay, Amy, Kelly and
  Stephen; 10 great-grandchildren; brothers, Gerald and wife, Mary Alice, Atlanta; and
  Lowell and wife, Barbara, Davidsville. A 1942 graduate of Hooversville High School. A
  World War II Army Air Corp pilot with the 38th Bomb Group. Retired owner/operator of
  Shaffer's Transfer, Hooversville. He was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church,
  Hooversville, a charter member of Hooversville Lions Club and a life member of
  Hooversville VFW Post 7565 and Stoystown American Legion Post 257. Family will receive
  friends from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Deaner Funeral Home, Hooversville. Viewing
  from 10 a.m. until service 11 a.m. Monday at Trinity Lutheran Church, Hooversville. The
  Rev. Krista T. Vingelis officiating. Interment POS of A Cemetery, Hooversville. Memorial
  contributions may be given to Trinity Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, Hooversville, PA
  15936. Graveside military rites by Somerset County Honor Guard.