Opel was the daughter of William (Pop) Westley Lauchner and Ella Mae (Branstetter) Laughner. She had one brother Robert. Dec. 11, 1907 she married Eldo Milton Shaffer.
Opel and Eldo had 6 children. Herbert Elmo, m (Ester Robison), Vivian Alice m(John Deboy), Evelyn m,(Kenneth Miller), Harold Robert, m (Mary Waincsott), Harley Gail, m (Billie Albright), m (Nondas Gochenour), Roselyn Ione, m (Lee Fagala).
Eldo and Opal farmed all their lives in the Geetingsville area, and were both members of the Geetingsville Presbyterian church. Opal had a very strong faith that carried her thru all the tragedies in her life.
Family Members
Parents
William Wesley Lauchner
1863–1945
Ella Mae Branstetter Lauchner
1870–1958
Spouse
Eldo Milton Shaffer
1884–1956 (m. 1907)
Siblings
Robert Walter Lauchner
1898–1995
Children
Herbert Elmo Shaffer
1910–1943
Vivian Alice Shaffer DeBoy
1914–1997
Evelyn R. Shaffer Miller
1915–2004
Harold Robert Shaffer
1921–1944
Harley Gail Shaffer
1923–2011
Roselyn Ione Shaffer Fagala
1928–2009