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Joseph Eldon “Spud” Shafer
18 Aug 1932 – 3 Aug 2003
| Birth | 18 Aug 1932 |
| Death | 3 Aug 2003 |
| Cemetery | Cottonwood Cemetery Burwell , Garfield County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | Kathy Burgess Burr on 10 Aug 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/15920866 |
Bio
Son of William Homer & Bertha (Mattheyer) Shafer. Family moved to Shelton in 1939; he graduated from Shelton High School, 1950 Military: U.S. Navy in the Korean War, 1950-1954 Returned to Nebraska, lived in several cities; was in the grocery and banking business, was a retired bank president; settled in Ericson in 1988 Married: Sept. 7, 1988, to Arlyn (Davlin) Shafer in Ericson He moved to Gibbon, 1997 He moved to Beaver Lake, 2003 Activities: member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 759, American Legion Post 52, Eagles Aerie Post 2722, all in Kearney, and was past commander of the VFW post in Ord Survivors include: sons, James of Ruston, La., and Mike of Beaver Lake; daughters, Terri Urbanski of Grand Island and Cynthia Schultz of Cottonwood, Ariz.; brother, Bob of Gibbon; sisters, Ruth Conklin of Bayard and Betty Gibbons of Gibbon; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and former wife, Joan of Grand Island Preceded in death by his wife, a son, his parents, five brothers and four sisters .
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Siblings
- Bessie Mae Shafer Locke 1905–1986 FaG
- Lucy Helen Shafer Cusick 1906–1966 FaG
- Ruth Vergie Shafer Conklin 1909–2013 FaG
- Ethel A Shafer Stearns 1910–1992 FaG
- William Robert "Bob" Shafer 1913–2004 FaG
- Carl Edward Shafer 1915–1972 FaG
- Thomas Shafer 1918–1977 FaG
- Betty Jane Shafer Gibbons 1923–2006 FaG
- Walter Homer "Walt" Shafer 1926–1992 FaG
- Dorothea June Shafer Ellis 1929–1994 FaG
Children
- Joseph Michael "Mike" Shafer 1953–2020 FaG
- Theresa Anne "Terry" Shafer Urbanski 1954–2024 FaG
- Donald Douglas Shafer 1960–1960 FaG
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