 1926 - 2008 (82 years)
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| Name |
William Clyde Shafer [1] |
| Birth |
23 Mar 1926 |
Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
18 Nov 2008 |
Greenbrier Valley Medical Center [2, 3] |
- Obituary of William "Bill" Clyde Shafer
RUPERT — Bill Shafer, 82, of Rupert, passed away on Tuesday, November 18, 2008, at Greenbrier Valley Medical Center in Fairlea following a long illness.
Born March 23, 1926 in Rupert, he was the son of the late William Elvin and Kathryn Amanda Zopp Shafer.
Bill worked as a car dealer and proprietor. He was employed by Exxon and Jeep. He was co-owner of Shafer Hardware. He served in the U. S. Air Force during World War II and was a past member and president of the Rupert Rotary Club and the Elks Club of Lewisburg and a member of the Big Clear Creek Baptist Church of Rupert.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a sister, Jackie Shafer.
Survivors include his wife, Mina T. Shafer of Rupert; three daughters, Wyon Wheatley of Richmond, Va., Jill Mayer and husband, Mike of Virginia, and Billie Jean Shafer of Rupert.
Services will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, November 23, 2008, at the Wallace & Wallace Chapel in Rainelle with Pastor Glen Kuhn officiating. Burial will follow at Wallace Memorial Cemetery in Clintonville.
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| Burial |
23 Nov 2008 |
Wallace Memorial Cemetery [4] |
| Person ID |
I3169 |
Crane Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 May 2023 |
| Father |
William Elvin Shafer, b. 14 Jul 1889, Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV d. 6 Sep 1959, Bluefield, Mercer County, WV (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Amanda Kathryn Zopp, b. 29 Mar 1893, Greenbrier County, WV d. 22 May 1988 (Age 95 years) |
| Marriage |
12 Feb 1919 |
Huntington, Cabell County, WV [5] |
| Family ID |
F386 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Mina Geraldine Thompson, b. 24 Jan 1926, Rupert, Greenbrier County, WV d. 11 Nov 2018, The Seasons Place (Age 92 years) |
| Marriage |
1947 |
Greenbrier County, WV [6] |
| Children |
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| Family ID |
F3169 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 May 2023 |
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| Sources |
- [S944] Draft Registrations Cards - WW II, 29 Mar 2018, S/N W-324-A, Order #12,083-A (Reliability: 3).
- [S919] Social Security Death Index, 19 Oct 2017 (Reliability: 3).
William Clyde Shafer
- [S1440] Obituary, Shafer, William Clyde, (21 Nov 2008), 29 Apr 2020 (Reliability: 2).
- [S1075] Death information: Shafer, William Clyde, (Find A Grave: #73531277), 1 Jan 2017 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1107] West Virginia Marriages, 1853 - 1970, 19 Oct 2017 (Reliability: 3).
Kathryn Zopp & William Shafer
- [S1107] West Virginia Marriages, 1853 - 1970, 27 Jan 2017 (Reliability: 3).
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