OBIT: Ray L. SHAFFER, 1999, Kimmelton, 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 Ray L. Shaffer, 88, Stoystown (Kimmelton), died Jan. 3, 1999, at Patriot Manor. Born April 7, 1910, in Kimmelton, son of Lewis and Anna (Lohr) Shaffer. Preceded in death by parents, brothers: Nevin, Chester, Ernest, Merle, William and Bert; sisters: Marion Phillips and Elizabeth Constable. Survived by his wife of 68 years, the former Grace Mosteller; daughter, Shirley married to Ronald Sechler, Somerset; granddaughter, Lori, married to Craig Coddington, Somerset; great-grandchildren: Justin and Katie Coddington. Brother of Lewis Shaffer and Margaret Spangler, both of Somerset; Charles Shaffer and Ruth Horner, both of Friedens, and Irene Herwig, Elyria, Ohio. Retired coal miner and steel worker with Bethlehem Steel. Member of Mosteller United Methodist Church and U.M.W.A. Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Deaner Funeral Home, Stoystown. Viewing from 1 p.m. until time of service at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Mosteller United Methodist Church, with the Rev. William Blair officiating. Interment, church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be given to Mosteller U.M. Church, Pompey Hill Road, Stoystown, PA. 15563. Daily American, January 5, 1999 [S1002]