The Life of PAUL HERMAN SHAFER
Services for Paul Herman Shafer, 69, of 540 N.E. Forty-third Ave., will be at noon Friday at Hamilton''s Funeral Home, with burial in Highland Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Shafer died Wednesday of a heart ailment at his home. He had been ill a year.
A native of Grimes, Mr. Shafer moved to Des Moines 48 years ago and was a retired employee of Borden Milk Co. He was a World War II veteran and a member of Teamsters Local 387.
Survivors include his wife, Annie; two sons, Paul Junior and David R., both of Des Moines; two daughters, Alice Hollingsworth of Altoona, and Ruth A. Bartelt of Des Moines; three stepsons, Jack and Bob Dove, both of Des Moines, and Donald A. Davis of Altoona; two stepdaughters, Nancy Simpson and Sharon Coffin, both of Des Moines; a sister, Gladys Sweet of Des Moines; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren; and a step-great-grandchild.
Mr. Shafer died Wednesday of a heart ailment at his home. He had been ill a year.
A native of Grimes, Mr. Shafer moved to Des Moines 48 years ago and was a retired employee of Borden Milk Co. He was a World War II veteran and a member of Teamsters Local 387.
Survivors include his wife, Annie; two sons, Paul Junior and David R., both of Des Moines; two daughters, Alice Hollingsworth of Altoona, and Ruth A. Bartelt of Des Moines; three stepsons, Jack and Bob Dove, both of Des Moines, and Donald A. Davis of Altoona; two stepdaughters, Nancy Simpson and Sharon Coffin, both of Des Moines; a sister, Gladys Sweet of Des Moines; 12 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; 16 step-grandchildren; and a step-great-grandchild.