After registering for the World War II draft, he enlisted on December 15, 1942[3] and served in the US Army during World War II.
Willie married Mary Lou Bierer December 26, 1948 and they made their home in Oakland, Maryland[4] until her death August 17, 1996. Together they raised three children; Randal Shaffer, Richard Shaffer and Rebecca Ann Shaffer. He worked as an automobile dealer. Willie died January 12, 1997 and is buried in Garrett County Memorial Gardens, Oakland, Maryland.[5]
Sources
↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X37Y-2NC : accessed 17 October 2017), Willis T Shaffer in household of S Clay Shaffer, Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 25, sheet 5A, line 23, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 843; FHL microfilm 2,340,578.
↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQ4Y-YML : accessed 17 October 2017), Willis T Shaffer in household of S Clay Shaffer, Ward 8, Altoona, Altoona City, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 7-37, sheet 3B, line 51, family 62, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3438.
↑ "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8P1-Z62 : 5 December 2014), Willis T Shaffer, enlisted 15 Dec 1942, Altoona, Pennsylvania, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KGLQ-F7Z : 22 May 2014), Willis T Shaffer, Residence, Oakland, Maryland, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.
↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #178765986Willis T Shaffer (1924–1997), Garrett County Memorial Gardens, Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland, USA; Masonic Square and Compasses on grave marker.
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Nieman Clan History compiled by Helen Marie (Newcomer) Maust. Aunt Helen attended most all the Nieman Family Reunions and the Frankhouser Family Reunions. She gathered information from family members who attended the Reunions over the years sharing information about family lore and updated information about each branch. Around 1980 she put information together by typewriter and created a very large document that included all of the information about the Nieman and Frankhouser clans. Both branches intertwined in various ways and trace back to the common ancestors of John Blosser who emigrated from Switzerland and was of German origin. In the following years, she provided updates after the reunions were over and she could add the new information gathered at the reunions to the document. That document has been scanned as a PDF file.
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