Married James Richard Shafer on 10 OCT 1916 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, in Edina, Knox County, Missouri, by R.J. Healy, Rector.
Mrs. Byrd Shafer, Widow of Long Edina Grocer, Died In Quincy Monday
Mrs. Byrd Shafer, widow of James R. Shafer, grocery man of Edina for nearly a lifetime, died Monday at the St. Joseph Hospital in Quincy, where she had been a patient for four years.
Mr. Shafer in earlier life was a clerk in the grocery store of his father, Capt. E. B. Shafer, on the southwest corner of the square in a two story frame building standing where the Citizens Bank is now. Afterward he was a clerk in the grocery store of A. G. Bostick on the west side of the square, and following this entered business with his younger brother, F. J. Shafer on the south side of the square. They purchased the George Trum or Mentgen Bros. Racket Store grocery. There were in business eighteen years.
The body of Mrs. Shafer was brought here to the Kriegshauser Funeral Hoe, where services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Terry Armstrong of Knox City. Burial was in the new St. Joseph Cemetery beside the grave of Mr. Shafer, who died July 19, 1931.
Surviving are a brother, John "Jack" Kern, a patient in Nursing Home No. 1 at Kirksville, and a niece, Mrs. James E. Daily, of Kirksville.
Mrs. Shafer before her marriage was Miss Ethel Byrd Kern, a daughter of Samuel and Maria Elizabeth Shunk Kern. Mrs. Shafer was born at Wever, Lee County, Iowa, and came here in 1903. The family lived on a large farm northeast of Edina. She was married to Mr. Shafer Oct. 10, 1916. There were no children.
The Edina Sentinel, Issue of 13 DEC 1956
Mrs. Byrd Shafer, Widow of Long Edina Grocer, Died In Quincy Monday
Mrs. Byrd Shafer, widow of James R. Shafer, grocery man of Edina for nearly a lifetime, died Monday at the St. Joseph Hospital in Quincy, where she had been a patient for four years.
Mr. Shafer in earlier life was a clerk in the grocery store of his father, Capt. E. B. Shafer, on the southwest corner of the square in a two story frame building standing where the Citizens Bank is now. Afterward he was a clerk in the grocery store of A. G. Bostick on the west side of the square, and following this entered business with his younger brother, F. J. Shafer on the south side of the square. They purchased the George Trum or Mentgen Bros. Racket Store grocery. There were in business eighteen years.
The body of Mrs. Shafer was brought here to the Kriegshauser Funeral Hoe, where services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Terry Armstrong of Knox City. Burial was in the new St. Joseph Cemetery beside the grave of Mr. Shafer, who died July 19, 1931.
Surviving are a brother, John "Jack" Kern, a patient in Nursing Home No. 1 at Kirksville, and a niece, Mrs. James E. Daily, of Kirksville.
Mrs. Shafer before her marriage was Miss Ethel Byrd Kern, a daughter of Samuel and Maria Elizabeth Shunk Kern. Mrs. Shafer was born at Wever, Lee County, Iowa, and came here in 1903. The family lived on a large farm northeast of Edina. She was married to Mr. Shafer Oct. 10, 1916. There were no children.
The Edina Sentinel, Issue of 13 DEC 1956
Married James Richard Shafer on 10 OCT 1916 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, in Edina, Knox County, Missouri, by R.J. Healy, Rector.
Mrs. Byrd Shafer, Widow of Long Edina Grocer, Died In Quincy Monday
Mrs. Byrd Shafer, widow of James R. Shafer, grocery man of Edina for nearly a lifetime, died Monday at the St. Joseph Hospital in Quincy, where she had been a patient for four years.
Mr. Shafer in earlier life was a clerk in the grocery store of his father, Capt. E. B. Shafer, on the southwest corner of the square in a two story frame building standing where the Citizens Bank is now. Afterward he was a clerk in the grocery store of A. G. Bostick on the west side of the square, and following this entered business with his younger brother, F. J. Shafer on the south side of the square. They purchased the George Trum or Mentgen Bros. Racket Store grocery. There were in business eighteen years.
The body of Mrs. Shafer was brought here to the Kriegshauser Funeral Hoe, where services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Terry Armstrong of Knox City. Burial was in the new St. Joseph Cemetery beside the grave of Mr. Shafer, who died July 19, 1931.
Surviving are a brother, John "Jack" Kern, a patient in Nursing Home No. 1 at Kirksville, and a niece, Mrs. James E. Daily, of Kirksville.
Mrs. Shafer before her marriage was Miss Ethel Byrd Kern, a daughter of Samuel and Maria Elizabeth Shunk Kern. Mrs. Shafer was born at Wever, Lee County, Iowa, and came here in 1903. The family lived on a large farm northeast of Edina. She was married to Mr. Shafer Oct. 10, 1916. There were no children.
The Edina Sentinel, Issue of 13 DEC 1956
Mrs. Byrd Shafer, Widow of Long Edina Grocer, Died In Quincy Monday
Mrs. Byrd Shafer, widow of James R. Shafer, grocery man of Edina for nearly a lifetime, died Monday at the St. Joseph Hospital in Quincy, where she had been a patient for four years.
Mr. Shafer in earlier life was a clerk in the grocery store of his father, Capt. E. B. Shafer, on the southwest corner of the square in a two story frame building standing where the Citizens Bank is now. Afterward he was a clerk in the grocery store of A. G. Bostick on the west side of the square, and following this entered business with his younger brother, F. J. Shafer on the south side of the square. They purchased the George Trum or Mentgen Bros. Racket Store grocery. There were in business eighteen years.
The body of Mrs. Shafer was brought here to the Kriegshauser Funeral Hoe, where services were conducted at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Terry Armstrong of Knox City. Burial was in the new St. Joseph Cemetery beside the grave of Mr. Shafer, who died July 19, 1931.
Surviving are a brother, John "Jack" Kern, a patient in Nursing Home No. 1 at Kirksville, and a niece, Mrs. James E. Daily, of Kirksville.
Mrs. Shafer before her marriage was Miss Ethel Byrd Kern, a daughter of Samuel and Maria Elizabeth Shunk Kern. Mrs. Shafer was born at Wever, Lee County, Iowa, and came here in 1903. The family lived on a large farm northeast of Edina. She was married to Mr. Shafer Oct. 10, 1916. There were no children.
The Edina Sentinel, Issue of 13 DEC 1956
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