Brigadier General George M. Shuffer, Jr., 81, (US Army Ret,) was called home to the Lord February 5, 2005; he was born in Palestine, Texas on September 27, 1923.
Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in February 1943, he went on to fight for our country in World War II as an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon leader, Korea as an Infantry Company Commander, and Vietnam as a Infantry Battalion Commander, rising in rank to Brigadier General over a thirty-five year career.
His list of citations and decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, three Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, five Air medals and the Purple Heart. In 1984 he was inducted into the Infantry Hall of fame.
He graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor Degree and later with a Masters degree. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College.
At age 48, while commanding the 193rd Infantry Brigade in the Panama Canal Zone, he earned the parachute badge after completing the 8th Special Forces group Airborne School.
Following World War II he married Cecilia M. Mann, and from this union came eleven children and sixteen grandchildren.
After retiring from the Army in 1975 he entered St. Charles Seminary and was ordained a Permanent Deacon for The El Paso Diocese in 1977. He was a true shepherd who served as a Chaplain at William Beaumont Army Medical Center for almost 30 years.
General Shuffer is survived by his wife, Cecilia, four sons: David of Colleyville, TX; George III of San Clemente, CA; Joseph of Carlsbad, CA and Peter of Oceanside, CA; and seven daughters: Sister Gloria Shuffer, OSF of Denver, CO; Marlene Kuhn of Muskegon, MI; Rita Lloyd of Boca Raton, FL; Monica Thomas of Pearland, TX; Rosemary McQuillan of Las Vegas; Maria Wallace of San Antonio, TX; Anita Shuffer of Marietta GA; his two brothers Jacob and Alfrez; and his sister Eunice Stamper.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters Fannie Mae Shuffer and Willetta Saunders.
Visitation for Brigadier General George M. Shuffer, Jr. will be held on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a Rosary/ Vigil to begin at 7:00 p.m., with Most Rev. Armando Ochoa Officiating, at Sunset Funeral Home-Northeast located at 4631 Hondo Pass.
Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at Saint Michaels Chapel #2 located on Fort Bliss with Father John Paul Officiating.
A Graveside Service will follow at Fort Bliss National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be sent to the Sisters of Saint Francis; 2851 52nd Street; Denver Co. 80221. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home-Northeast.
(El Paso Times Feb 8, 2005)
Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in February 1943, he went on to fight for our country in World War II as an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon leader, Korea as an Infantry Company Commander, and Vietnam as a Infantry Battalion Commander, rising in rank to Brigadier General over a thirty-five year career.
His list of citations and decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, three Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, five Air medals and the Purple Heart. In 1984 he was inducted into the Infantry Hall of fame.
He graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor Degree and later with a Masters degree. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College.
At age 48, while commanding the 193rd Infantry Brigade in the Panama Canal Zone, he earned the parachute badge after completing the 8th Special Forces group Airborne School.
Following World War II he married Cecilia M. Mann, and from this union came eleven children and sixteen grandchildren.
After retiring from the Army in 1975 he entered St. Charles Seminary and was ordained a Permanent Deacon for The El Paso Diocese in 1977. He was a true shepherd who served as a Chaplain at William Beaumont Army Medical Center for almost 30 years.
General Shuffer is survived by his wife, Cecilia, four sons: David of Colleyville, TX; George III of San Clemente, CA; Joseph of Carlsbad, CA and Peter of Oceanside, CA; and seven daughters: Sister Gloria Shuffer, OSF of Denver, CO; Marlene Kuhn of Muskegon, MI; Rita Lloyd of Boca Raton, FL; Monica Thomas of Pearland, TX; Rosemary McQuillan of Las Vegas; Maria Wallace of San Antonio, TX; Anita Shuffer of Marietta GA; his two brothers Jacob and Alfrez; and his sister Eunice Stamper.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters Fannie Mae Shuffer and Willetta Saunders.
Visitation for Brigadier General George M. Shuffer, Jr. will be held on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a Rosary/ Vigil to begin at 7:00 p.m., with Most Rev. Armando Ochoa Officiating, at Sunset Funeral Home-Northeast located at 4631 Hondo Pass.
Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at Saint Michaels Chapel #2 located on Fort Bliss with Father John Paul Officiating.
A Graveside Service will follow at Fort Bliss National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be sent to the Sisters of Saint Francis; 2851 52nd Street; Denver Co. 80221. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home-Northeast.
(El Paso Times Feb 8, 2005)
Brigadier General George M. Shuffer, Jr., 81, (US Army Ret,) was called home to the Lord February 5, 2005; he was born in Palestine, Texas on September 27, 1923.
Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in February 1943, he went on to fight for our country in World War II as an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon leader, Korea as an Infantry Company Commander, and Vietnam as a Infantry Battalion Commander, rising in rank to Brigadier General over a thirty-five year career.
His list of citations and decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, three Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, five Air medals and the Purple Heart. In 1984 he was inducted into the Infantry Hall of fame.
He graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor Degree and later with a Masters degree. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College.
At age 48, while commanding the 193rd Infantry Brigade in the Panama Canal Zone, he earned the parachute badge after completing the 8th Special Forces group Airborne School.
Following World War II he married Cecilia M. Mann, and from this union came eleven children and sixteen grandchildren.
After retiring from the Army in 1975 he entered St. Charles Seminary and was ordained a Permanent Deacon for The El Paso Diocese in 1977. He was a true shepherd who served as a Chaplain at William Beaumont Army Medical Center for almost 30 years.
General Shuffer is survived by his wife, Cecilia, four sons: David of Colleyville, TX; George III of San Clemente, CA; Joseph of Carlsbad, CA and Peter of Oceanside, CA; and seven daughters: Sister Gloria Shuffer, OSF of Denver, CO; Marlene Kuhn of Muskegon, MI; Rita Lloyd of Boca Raton, FL; Monica Thomas of Pearland, TX; Rosemary McQuillan of Las Vegas; Maria Wallace of San Antonio, TX; Anita Shuffer of Marietta GA; his two brothers Jacob and Alfrez; and his sister Eunice Stamper.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters Fannie Mae Shuffer and Willetta Saunders.
Visitation for Brigadier General George M. Shuffer, Jr. will be held on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a Rosary/ Vigil to begin at 7:00 p.m., with Most Rev. Armando Ochoa Officiating, at Sunset Funeral Home-Northeast located at 4631 Hondo Pass.
Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at Saint Michaels Chapel #2 located on Fort Bliss with Father John Paul Officiating.
A Graveside Service will follow at Fort Bliss National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be sent to the Sisters of Saint Francis; 2851 52nd Street; Denver Co. 80221. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home-Northeast.
(El Paso Times Feb 8, 2005)
Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in February 1943, he went on to fight for our country in World War II as an intelligence and reconnaissance platoon leader, Korea as an Infantry Company Commander, and Vietnam as a Infantry Battalion Commander, rising in rank to Brigadier General over a thirty-five year career.
His list of citations and decorations included the Distinguished Service Medal, three Silver Stars, four Bronze Stars, five Air medals and the Purple Heart. In 1984 he was inducted into the Infantry Hall of fame.
He graduated from the University of Maryland with a Bachelor Degree and later with a Masters degree. He graduated from the Command and General Staff College and the Army War College.
At age 48, while commanding the 193rd Infantry Brigade in the Panama Canal Zone, he earned the parachute badge after completing the 8th Special Forces group Airborne School.
Following World War II he married Cecilia M. Mann, and from this union came eleven children and sixteen grandchildren.
After retiring from the Army in 1975 he entered St. Charles Seminary and was ordained a Permanent Deacon for The El Paso Diocese in 1977. He was a true shepherd who served as a Chaplain at William Beaumont Army Medical Center for almost 30 years.
General Shuffer is survived by his wife, Cecilia, four sons: David of Colleyville, TX; George III of San Clemente, CA; Joseph of Carlsbad, CA and Peter of Oceanside, CA; and seven daughters: Sister Gloria Shuffer, OSF of Denver, CO; Marlene Kuhn of Muskegon, MI; Rita Lloyd of Boca Raton, FL; Monica Thomas of Pearland, TX; Rosemary McQuillan of Las Vegas; Maria Wallace of San Antonio, TX; Anita Shuffer of Marietta GA; his two brothers Jacob and Alfrez; and his sister Eunice Stamper.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his sisters Fannie Mae Shuffer and Willetta Saunders.
Visitation for Brigadier General George M. Shuffer, Jr. will be held on Wednesday, February 9, 2005 from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with a Rosary/ Vigil to begin at 7:00 p.m., with Most Rev. Armando Ochoa Officiating, at Sunset Funeral Home-Northeast located at 4631 Hondo Pass.
Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, February 10, 2005 at 1:00 p.m. at Saint Michaels Chapel #2 located on Fort Bliss with Father John Paul Officiating.
A Graveside Service will follow at Fort Bliss National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be sent to the Sisters of Saint Francis; 2851 52nd Street; Denver Co. 80221. Services entrusted to Sunset Funeral Home-Northeast.
(El Paso Times Feb 8, 2005)
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