OBIT: Dorsie G. SHAFFER, 1984, Somerset, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Helen Miller/April Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SHAFFER Dorsie G. Shaffer, 93, Siemon Nursing Home, formerly of Somerset RD 2, died June 9, 1984, in Somerset Community Hospital. Born Dec. 10, 1890, in Westmoreland County, son of George Dorsie and Ada (Hauger) Miller-Shaffer. Preceded in death by wife, Maude (Ash) Shaffer, who died Oct. 2, 1980; and a sister, Laura Miller. Survived by these children: Glenn H., Suitland, Md.; Ferne E. Swank, Somerset RD 3; Ruth, wife of John W. Sarver, Somerset RD 2; Thelma E., wife of Robert Larson and Wayne R., both of McKees Rocks, Pa.; sister, Bertha Mognet, Bakersville; also 17 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Member of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Bakersville. Retired coal miner. Friends are being received in Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home, where service will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Pastor Walter Startzel officiating. Interment, Bakersville Cemetery. Daily American, June 11, 1984 [S0876]