Mr. Shafer was a lifetime Polk Township farmer and was a breeder of Angus cattle. He was a director of the Indiana Angus Association and served as the association's president in 1969. He was a lifelong member of the Pilchers Chapel United Methodist Church where he served as the Sunday School superintendent and on the board of trustees.
He was a member of the Huntington County Plan Commission for two years. He also served as the president of the holding corporation for the Huntington County Community School Corporation in the 1960s - the agency that financed the construction of new buildings after the countywide school consolidation.
He was a 1936 graduate of Warren High School.
Philip was born in Warren, to Harry and Dalta Garrison Shafer. He married Evelyn Shell Sept. 3, 1939, in Huntington County. She survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Bonnie Groves of Tunkhannock, Pa., Connie Long of Huntington, and Sonnie Laviolette, Md.; a son, Philip K. Shafer of Huntington; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; a brother, Hugh A. Shafer of Warren; and two sisters, Ilene Marshall of North Manchester and Martha Joan Richardson of Warren.
Two brothers, Dwight Shafer and Eugene Shafer, and a sister, Lelia Kirtley, preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Huntington County Plan Commission for two years. He also served as the president of the holding corporation for the Huntington County Community School Corporation in the 1960s - the agency that financed the construction of new buildings after the countywide school consolidation.
He was a 1936 graduate of Warren High School.
Philip was born in Warren, to Harry and Dalta Garrison Shafer. He married Evelyn Shell Sept. 3, 1939, in Huntington County. She survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Bonnie Groves of Tunkhannock, Pa., Connie Long of Huntington, and Sonnie Laviolette, Md.; a son, Philip K. Shafer of Huntington; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; a brother, Hugh A. Shafer of Warren; and two sisters, Ilene Marshall of North Manchester and Martha Joan Richardson of Warren.
Two brothers, Dwight Shafer and Eugene Shafer, and a sister, Lelia Kirtley, preceded him in death.
Mr. Shafer was a lifetime Polk Township farmer and was a breeder of Angus cattle. He was a director of the Indiana Angus Association and served as the association's president in 1969. He was a lifelong member of the Pilchers Chapel United Methodist Church where he served as the Sunday School superintendent and on the board of trustees.
He was a member of the Huntington County Plan Commission for two years. He also served as the president of the holding corporation for the Huntington County Community School Corporation in the 1960s - the agency that financed the construction of new buildings after the countywide school consolidation.
He was a 1936 graduate of Warren High School.
Philip was born in Warren, to Harry and Dalta Garrison Shafer. He married Evelyn Shell Sept. 3, 1939, in Huntington County. She survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Bonnie Groves of Tunkhannock, Pa., Connie Long of Huntington, and Sonnie Laviolette, Md.; a son, Philip K. Shafer of Huntington; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; a brother, Hugh A. Shafer of Warren; and two sisters, Ilene Marshall of North Manchester and Martha Joan Richardson of Warren.
Two brothers, Dwight Shafer and Eugene Shafer, and a sister, Lelia Kirtley, preceded him in death.
He was a member of the Huntington County Plan Commission for two years. He also served as the president of the holding corporation for the Huntington County Community School Corporation in the 1960s - the agency that financed the construction of new buildings after the countywide school consolidation.
He was a 1936 graduate of Warren High School.
Philip was born in Warren, to Harry and Dalta Garrison Shafer. He married Evelyn Shell Sept. 3, 1939, in Huntington County. She survives.
Also surviving are three daughters, Bonnie Groves of Tunkhannock, Pa., Connie Long of Huntington, and Sonnie Laviolette, Md.; a son, Philip K. Shafer of Huntington; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren; a brother, Hugh A. Shafer of Warren; and two sisters, Ilene Marshall of North Manchester and Martha Joan Richardson of Warren.
Two brothers, Dwight Shafer and Eugene Shafer, and a sister, Lelia Kirtley, preceded him in death.
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