Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Joan Margaret Shafer

June 10, 1922 - Dec. 3, 2002

 

South Bend Tribune 12/6/2002

SOUTH BEND, IN — Mrs. Joan Margaret Shafer, 80, of Hawthorne Drive, passed away unexpectedly following an illness at 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday evening, Dec. 3, in her residence. Joan was born on June 10, 1922, in LaPorte, Ind., to the late William H. and Mary Genevieve (Lane) Vanderbosch. She was also preceded in death by a brother, William Vanderbosch of Lake Worth, Fla.

 

On Nov. 22, 1945, in South Bend, Ind., she married Francis C. Shafer, who survives of South Bend. Joan worked at the phone company before her marriage but after she devoted all of her time to being a very good homemaker. Surviving along with her husband are their two daughters, Linda S. Shafer of Granger, Ind., and Sandra L. Plummer of New Palestine, Ind.; four grandchildren, Danielle Farr of Southport, Ind., Eric Farr of Mishawaka, Ind., Ryan Plummer and Jessica Plummer, both of New Palestine; one great-grandson, Timothy Farr of Mishawaka; and by three sisters, Mary Brown of Hinsdale, Ill., Betty Powell of Mesa, Ariz., and Suzie (Don) Agostino of San Marcos, Calif.

 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday in St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church, with Rev. Terry Fisher, pastor, officiating. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the McGann Funeral Homes, University Area Chapel, 2313 E. Edison Road at Ironwood, South Bend. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Valley Memorial Park, Granger, Ind. She was a member of St. Anthony's Parish, a 50-year member of the Gamma Lambda Chapter of Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority, a former member of the Christ Child Society, and was a 1940 graduate of Riley High School. Memorial donations may be made to the charity of the donor's choice.