OBIT: Earnest Ray SHAFFER, 1982, Stoystown, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Nancy Lorz Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SHAFFER Earnest Ray Shaffer, 79, of Stoystown, died April 14, 1982, at Somerset Community Hospital. Born Dec 2, 1902, in Stonycreek Township, son of Lewis E. and Anna M. (Lohr) Shaffer. Preceded in death by parents, three brothers and two sisters. Survived by his wife, the former Margaret Friedline, whom he married March 4, 1929. Brother of: Mrs. Marian Phillips, Ray and Charles, all of Stoystown RD 3; Burt and Lewis J., both of Somerset; Mrs. Theodore (Ruth) Horner, Mrs. Clyde (Margaret) Spangler, both of Stoystown; Merle, North Olmstead, Ohio; Mrs. Jacob (Irene) Herwig, Elyria, Ohio; and numerous nieces and nephews. Retired PennDOT employee and coal miner. Member of Listie Brethren Church. Family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday, the Rev. William Cochran assisted by the Rev. Ronald Long. Interment, Casebeer Cemetery. Daily American, April 15, 1982 [S0882]