OBIT: Harry James SHAFFER, 1989, Friedens 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 Harry James Shaffer, 74, of Friedens RD 1, died Aug. 22, 1989, at Mercy Hospital, Johnstown. Born Dec. 8, 1914, in Stoystown, son of Harry and Mary (Maxwell) Shaffer. Preceded in death by parents and sisters Violet Deist, Leona Felesky and Marie. Survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Marie A. Emert Hanks; these children: Mrs. Neil (VerNae) Rayman of Friedens; Mrs. John (Gloria) Wyatt of Fort Myers, Fla.; Mrs. David (Melea) Pruskauer, Cape Corral, Fla; and five grandchildren. Brother of Ida Custer, Hollsopple; Blanche Emert of Alhambra, Calif.; Myrtle Smith of Price, Utah; Donald of Johnstown; Anna Eash of Jerome; Jennie Mutz of Pontiac, Mich.; Agnus of Los Angeles, Calif.; and Frank of Boswell. Retired coal miner and member of Friedens Lutheran Church and United Mine Workers of America. Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Thursday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown. Viewing from 10 a.m. until service at 11 a.m. Friday at Friedens Lutheran Church with the Rev. James R. Ling officiating. Interment, Somerset County Memorial Park. Daily American, August 23, 1989 [S0923]