OBIT: Vernon B. SHAFFER, 1995, Sipesville, 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 Vernon B. Shaffer, 70 of Sipesville, died April 24, 1995, at Somerset Hospital. Born June 3, 1924, in Falls Creek, Pa., son of the late Martin and Maggie (Murry) Shaffer. Preceded in death by first wife, the former Ida Virginia Hinderlighter; sister, Bernice Thompson, and brothers: Merlin, Paul, Robert and Fred. Survived by second wife, the former Katherine Simms, and the following children: James Shaffer of Boston, Mass.; Barbara Southerland of North Tonawanda, N.Y.; Mrs. Doug (Joan) Andrews of Sipesville; a stepson, Frederick Simms of Lockport, N.Y.; 11 grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren and sisters: Evelyn Suikowski of Erie and Abbie Buskart of DuBois. A retired millwright for Durez Plastics of North Tonawanda, N.Y. U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Prisoner of war. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at Wattengel Funeral Home, Inc. of North Tonawanda, N.Y., where funeral service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday. Interment in the Arcasia Cemetery of North Tonawanda. Wilbur D. Miller Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements. Daily American, April 27, 1995 [S1030]