OBIT: John M. SHAFFER, 1979, Jerome, 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 John M. Shaffer, 21, of 339 Somerset St., Jerome, dead on arrival July 9, 1979, at Somerset Community Hospital, result of auto accident near Jerome. Born May 18, 1958, in Johnstown, son of John E. and Patsy R. (Hay) Shaffer. Preceded in death by paternal grandfather, Lester Shaffer, and maternal grandfather, James Hay. Survived by parents, Jerome; brother, Bruce E., at home; maternal grandmother, Mary Hay, Jerome; and paternal grandmother, Ruth Shaffer, Hollsopple RD 2. Engaged to Nancy Borelle. Member of Jerome Lutheran Church and employee of Somerset Foundry. Friends received from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday and from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Wednesday at Joseph H. Hoffman Funeral Home, 227 Allegheny St., Boswell. Funeral service 11 a.m. Thursday at Jerome Lutheran Church, the Rev. George A. Clark. Interment, Maple Spring Cemetery. Daily American, July 10, 1979 [S0944]