Hattie L. Adair, 79, of 521 N. 7th, Charleston, died at 1:20 a.m. Saturday at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
Mrs. Adair was born Jan. 13, 1900, in Hutton Township, the daughter of Charles and Artemicia Nees Shafer. She was married to Floyd Adair, who preceded her in death in 1972.
Surviving are three sons, Jerry and Jack Adair, both of Charleston, and John of Morris, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Orville (Joanne) Lawyer, Westfield, and Mrs. Nancy Lawson, Anaheim, Calif; six step-daughters, Mrs. Marian Piersma, Holland, Mich., Mrs. Lorie Watts, Whittier, Calif., Mrs. George Kass, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. David Scruggs, Mt. Vernon, Ill., Mrs. June Bell, Somonauk, and Mrs. William Carlyle, Urbana; four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Connour, Mrs. Dorothy Thomas, and Mrs. Robert Shick, all of Charleston, and Mrs Lottie Brass, Bradford, Ark.; 33 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Two sons and one step-son preceded her in death.
Mrs. Adair was a member of the Southern Baptist Church of Charleston.
(Times-Courier Jan. 29, 1979)
(submitted by Kaye St John)
Hattie L. Adair, 79, of 521 N. 7th, Charleston, died at 1:20 a.m. Saturday at the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
Mrs. Adair was born Jan. 13, 1900, in Hutton Township, the daughter of Charles and Artemicia Nees Shafer. She was married to Floyd Adair, who preceded her in death in 1972.
Surviving are three sons, Jerry and Jack Adair, both of Charleston, and John of Morris, Ill.; two daughters, Mrs. Orville (Joanne) Lawyer, Westfield, and Mrs. Nancy Lawson, Anaheim, Calif; six step-daughters, Mrs. Marian Piersma, Holland, Mich., Mrs. Lorie Watts, Whittier, Calif., Mrs. George Kass, Topeka, Kan., Mrs. David Scruggs, Mt. Vernon, Ill., Mrs. June Bell, Somonauk, and Mrs. William Carlyle, Urbana; four sisters, Mrs. Mattie Connour, Mrs. Dorothy Thomas, and Mrs. Robert Shick, all of Charleston, and Mrs Lottie Brass, Bradford, Ark.; 33 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. Two sons and one step-son preceded her in death.
Mrs. Adair was a member of the Southern Baptist Church of Charleston.
(Times-Courier Jan. 29, 1979)
(submitted by Kaye St John)
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Married Aug. 7, 1929
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William Bryon Shafer
1893–1953
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Bertha Otho Shafer McConiga
1895–1950
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Walter Allen Shafer
1898–1954
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Virgil Thomas Shaffer
1902–1963
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Anna Elizabeth Shafer Shick
1904–1979
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Oliver Arthur Shafer
1905–1920
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Charlotte Gladys "Lottie" Shafer Brass
1907–1990
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Dorothy H Shafer Thomas
1909–1991
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Mattie Lucille Shafer Connour
1911–1985
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