Daughter of:
Gideon Bale and Antoinette "Nettie" Barnum
Wife of:
Elmer Cyrus Shaffer
LIBBIE BALE SHAFFER
Libbie Shaffer was born in Sunfield Township March 30, 1897, and passed away at St. Lawrence Hospital Lansing, May 27, 1942 after an illness of only a few days.
In Sunfield, Michigan, on March 31, 1915, she was united in marriage to Elmer Shaffer and to this union two children were born, Betty June, and Charles Alfred, whom with their father, Elmer Shaffer, a foster daughter, Mrs Louis Bosworth, and three foster grandchildren, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gideon Bale, four sisters, Mrs. Jesse Bosworth, Mrs. Hattie Hawkins, Mrs. Mae Shaffer and Mrs. Anna Bosworth, a foster brother, George Pardee, and many relatives and friends mourn her passing.
One brother, Louis and one sister Mary, preceded her in death. The funeral was held Sunday afternoon at the Mapes Funeral Home, Rev. Don Carrick officiating. Interment is Sunfield Cemetery.
Source:
Sunfield Sentinel, June 4, 1942
Research and Transcription by:
Sherri L. Czuchra on March 25, 2013
Family links:
Parents:
Gideon A. Bale (1858 - 1946)
Nellie Barnum Bale (1855 - 1943)
Spouse:
Elmer Cyrus Shaffer (1894 - 1988)
Children:
Betty June Shaffer Rairigh (1925 - 2017)*
Charles Alfred Shaffer (1929 - 2009)*
Siblings:
Hattie Mae Bale Hawkins (1888 - 1982)*
Charles Louis Bale (1890 - 1900)*
Mae Elizabeth Bale Shaffer (1892 - 1945)*
Anna S Bale Bosworth (1895 - 1980)*
Elizabeth Eleanor Bale Shaffer (1897 - 1942)
*Calculated relationship
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