Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shafer, Geraldine I. "Gerry" September 2, 2010
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Ionia Sentinel - Sat. Sept. 4, 2010

Geraldine I. "Gerry" Shafer, 98, of Ionia passed away Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. 
She was born in Grand Rapids, the daughter of I. Roy and Myrtle (Brown) Grove.

She graduated from Lyons High School in 1931. She married Clare Shafer at Ss. 
Peter and Paul Catholic Church in 1934. She retired from American Seating 
Company in 1977 and was a member of the UAW Local 135. She was also a member of 
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary. Gerry 
started the hot lunch program at Ss. Peter and Paul Academy in the early 1950's.

 She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Clare in February 1992; 
son, Eugene in 1981; one great grandson, Josef Wolfe Banhagel in 2003; and one 
grandson, James Kent Shafer in 1967. 

Surviving are a daughter, Regina (Walt) Lyons of Newark, Ohio; son, Louis R. 
(Sandra) Shafer of Ionia; eight grandchildren, Brenda Rockafellow, Robert 
Banhagel, Becky Lottridge, Louis B. Shafer, Wes Shafer, Tracy Wieber, Erich 
Shafer and Scott Shafer; 13 great grandchildren, Julian Scott Shafer, Raymond 
Louis Shafer, Araceli Martinez, Sarah Harris, Garrett Rockafellow, Sam 
Rockafellow, Drew Blankenship, Jacob Blankenship, Jesse Shafer, Wyatt Shafer, 
Briana Wieber Madeline Wieber, Eilene Wieber; and two great great 
grandchildren, Danial Jack Harris and Layla Love Martinez.

There will be visitation held from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Sept 8, 2010 at the 
Schrauben-Lehman Funeral Homes, 220 Rich St., Ionia. A rosary will be prayed at 
8 p.m. Private family interment will take place in East Plains Cemetery.

For those desiring, memorial contributions may be made to the Ss. Peter and 
Paul Educational Trust Fund in memory of Geraldine I. "Gerry" Shafer. Online 
condolences may be made at www.schraubenlehman.com.


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