OBITUARY:
Earnest E Shafer, 76, of Bisbee died of an illness Friday, March 22, 1996, at Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee. Mr Shafer was born Aug. 5, 1919, in Ranger, Texas. He had been a resident of Bisbee for 54 years. Earnest was a charter member of the San Jose Bible Baptist Church. He retired from Phelps Dodge Corp. in 1975 with 33 years of service as a boiler maker. Mr Shafer was a World War II veteran with the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a member of American Legion Post 16 in Bisbee. Mr. Shafer is survived by his wife, Audra Current Shafer of Naco, Ariz.; two sons, Clarence Earvin of Safford and Delbert Earvin of Naco, Ariz.; two grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Earnest and Audra were married for 54 years. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at San Jose Bible Baptist Church on Naco Highway with Dr. Alan Nash officiating. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Monday at the Bisbee Funeral Home. Interment will immediately follow church services at Cochise Memory Gardens. Arrangements are by the Bisbee Funeral Home, Bisbee.
(Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review, Mon. 25 March 1996)
OBITUARY:
Earnest E Shafer, 76, of Bisbee died of an illness Friday, March 22, 1996, at Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee. Mr Shafer was born Aug. 5, 1919, in Ranger, Texas. He had been a resident of Bisbee for 54 years. Earnest was a charter member of the San Jose Bible Baptist Church. He retired from Phelps Dodge Corp. in 1975 with 33 years of service as a boiler maker. Mr Shafer was a World War II veteran with the U.S. Army Air Corps. He was a member of American Legion Post 16 in Bisbee. Mr. Shafer is survived by his wife, Audra Current Shafer of Naco, Ariz.; two sons, Clarence Earvin of Safford and Delbert Earvin of Naco, Ariz.; two grandchildren; and three great grandchildren. Earnest and Audra were married for 54 years. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at San Jose Bible Baptist Church on Naco Highway with Dr. Alan Nash officiating. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Monday at the Bisbee Funeral Home. Interment will immediately follow church services at Cochise Memory Gardens. Arrangements are by the Bisbee Funeral Home, Bisbee.
(Sierra Vista Herald/Bisbee Daily Review, Mon. 25 March 1996)
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