Roy P. "Pat" Shaffer

Roy P. “Pat” Shaffer, 91, died Sunday, September 17, 2017, at The Brethren Home Community.  He was the husband of Ethel M. (Gruver) Shaffer, his wife of 67 years, who died June 12, 2010.

Pat was born March 17, 1926, in Orrtanna, the son of the late Martin L. and Carrie A. (Singley) Shaffer

Pat served as a rifleman in the U.S. Army during WWII, with Company F, 311th Infantry, and was employed for 45 years at Frank A. Duffs in York.  He was a life member of Paradise “Holtzschwamm” Lutheran Church in Thomasville, the East Berlin V.F.W., Richard J. Gross Post #8896, and Liberty Fire Company #1 in East Berlin.

Pat is survived by a son, Roy Laverne Shaffer and his wife Donna of East Berlin, a daughter, Darlene M. Sanders and her husband Richard of East Berlin, five granddaughters; Christine Sherman and her husband Travis, Tina Hausner and her husband JP, Amy Kennedy, Angie Cheek and her husband Nathan, and Michele Becker and her husband Eric, four great grandchildren; Ryan Becker, Adam Becker, Zane Hausner and Tara Hausner, and a brother, Kenneth Shaffer of Spring Grove.  He was predeceased by a son, Ronald D. Shaffer, four brothers, Elmer, Luther, Raymond and Ivan Shaffer, and 3 sisters, Dorothy Shaffer, Ethel Kepner and Helen Signor Henley.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, September 21, 2017 at 11 AM, at Paradise “Holtzschwamm” Lutheran Church, 3241 Church Rd, Thomasville, with Rev. Douglas Johnson officiating.  Burial will be in the church cemetery.  A viewing will be held at the church on Thursday from 10 AM until the time of the service.  Memorial contributions may be made to the church, or to VNA/Hospice, 440 N. Madison St, Hanover, PA  17331.  Feiser Funeral Home, Inc, 306 Harrisburg St, East Berlin, is in charge of arrangements.  Memories may be shared at www.feiserfuneralhome.com.

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