OBIT: Ira A. "Jack" SHAFFER, 1975, Stoystown, 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 Ira A. Shaffer, "Jack", 80, of Stoystown, died Jan. 18, 1975, in Somerset Community Hospital. Born August 16, 1894, in Somerset County, son of Henry and Martha (Brubaker) Shaffer. Preceded in death by his parents, eight brothers and five sisters. Survived by his nephew, Clarence Witt Jr., Phoenix, Ariz. Brother of Mrs. Ada Fulton, Stoystown; Mrs. Verda Lohr, Johnstown; and Cloyd, Hooversville RD 1. Retired coal miner and member of Jenner Local 1742 UMWA; member of Grace Lutheran Church, Stoystown; Stoystown Lodge IOOF; Stoystown Lions Club and the Junior Order of United American Mechanics. Friends will be received from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in the Charles R. Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown, where service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday, with Rev. Herbert G. Hohman officiating. Interment Odd Fellows Cemetery, Stoystown. Meyersdale Republic, January 20, 1975 [S0937]