OBIT: Harold W. "Buddy" SHAFFER, 1976, Hollsopple RD, Somerset County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Meyersdale Library Transcribed and proofread by Sally Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/somerset/ _______________________________________________ SHAFFER Harold W. "Buddy" Shaffer, 46, Hollsopple RD 1, died Jan. 4, 1976, Somerset Community Hospital. Born Jan. 23, 1929, in Ralphton, son of Cloyd A. and Margaret (Gray) Shaffer. Preceded in death by one infant son, Rodney Wayne, Jan.31, 1954, and three infant brothers. Survived by parents, Hooversville RD 1; widow, the former Doris Jean Kline, and these children: Donna, wife of David Cramer, Rockwood RD 3; Martin, Tracey, and Joyce, all at home. A brother of Catherine, wife of Raymond Stitz, Ellicott City, Md.; Audrey Bonitz, Somerset RD 2; Alice, wife of Richard Stayrook, Berlin RD 1; Mary Jane, wife of Merle Miller, Severn, Md.; James Sr., married to Donna Rose, Hollsopple RD 1; Esther, wife of John Pluta, Hollywood, Fla.; Glenn, married to Donna Schompert, Largo, Fla.; and Patricia, wife of Ronald Moskey, Jennerstown. Member of Hopewell United Steelworkers of America. Former employe of Franklin Open Hearth Division, Bethlehem Steel Corp., Johnstown. U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Friends received after 7 p.m. Monday (today) at the Joseph G. Hoffman Funeral Home, 409 Main St., Boswell, where service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Interment, Maple Springs Cemetery. Graveside military rites by Boswell American Legion, Post 461. Somerset American, January 5, 1976 [S0921]