OBIT: E. Jay SHAFFER, 1989, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  E. JAY SHAFFER
  
    E. Jay Shaffer, 64, formerly of Hyndman, died Sunday, Dec. 10,
  1989, at his residence in Rockville, Md.
    Born in Hyndman Nov. 15, 1925, he was the son of the late Wilbert
  J. and Helen M. (Deremer) Shaffer.
    He was a retired chief radioman in the Navy, with 23 years of
  service.  He was a veteran of both World War II and the Korean
  Conflict; a retired communications repairman for Montgomery County,
  he was the current owner and operator of an electronics repair
  company.
    Survivors include his widow, Vivian R. (Miller) Shaffer; one son,
  Roger J. Shaffer, Gaithersburg, Md.; one daughter, Susan E. Buck,
  Salinas, Calif; two brothers, George M. Shaffer, Hyndman RD 1; and
  William C. Shaffer, Smithtown, N.Y.; two sisters, Margaret J.
  Monnett, Baltimore, Md.; and JoAnn E. Dibert, RD 2, Bedford; and four
  grandchildren.
    Friends will be received Wednesday 7 to 9 p.m. at the Harvey H.
  Zeigler Funeral Home.
    Services will be conducted there Thursday at 2 p.m. by the Rev.
  Joseph R. Stains.
    Interment will be the Palo Alto Hilltop Cemetery, near Hyndman. 
  Military honors and pallbearers will be provided by Oscar Jordan Post
  7375, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Hyndman; and the Fort Bedford Honor
  Guard.
  
  The Republic, December 14, 1989
  
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