OBIT: Walter B. SHAFFER, 1974, Somerset, Somerset County, PA
  
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  SHAFFER
  
  Walter B. Shaffer, 89, of South Center Avenue, Somerset, died June 3,
  1974, in Somerset Community Hospital.  Born Feb. 16, 1885, in
  Quemahoning Township, a son of Henry and Martha (Brubaker) Shaffer. 
  Preceded in death by wife, Marion Zimmerman Shaffer, in 1964; four
  brothers and three sisters.  Survived by these children:  Mrs. Alma
  Halverson, Somerset; Frieda, wife of Frank Straatemeier, San Jose,
  Calif.; and Charles, Lynchburg, Va.; 10 grandchildren; 17
  great-grandchildren.  These brothers and sisters:  Jack, Cloyd, and
  Mrs. Ada Fulton, all of Stoystown; Mrs. Vera Lohr, Johnstown.  He was
  a member of the United Church of Christ, Somerset; and the
  International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Warehousemen, Chauffeurs and
  Helpers, Local 249, Pittsburgh.  For many years he was a partner in
  Shaffer and Shank Moving and Transfer in Somerset.  Friends will be
  received from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday in Robert H. Halverson Funeral Home,
  Where service will be conducted Wednesday at 1:30 p.m., the Rev.
  Richard H. Shellenberger officiating.  Interment, Husband Cemetery.
  
  Somerset Bulletin, June 4, 1974
  
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