OBIT: John R. SHAFFER, 1972, native of 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 R. Shaffer, 82, 127 N. Scranton St., Ravenna, Ohio, died Tuesday, Aug. 22 at Robinson Memorial Hospital Following a heart attack. A retired plasterer contractor. Mr. Shaffer was born near Somerset Jan. 3, 1890 and had lived in Ravenna 47 years. Mr. Shaffer was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. He leaves his wife, Verna; two daughters, Mrs. Robert (Emile) Middleton, Arlington, Va. and Mrs. Let (Esther) Thomas, Denver, Colo., and three grandchildren. Services were held August 25 at the Wood Funeral Home in Ravenna. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery, Ravenna. Pastor Lowell C. Pederson officiated. Somerset Daily American 28 August 1972 [S0945]