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Obituary
Ella Marie Artrip Shafer,
79, of Huntington, passed away Sunday March 11, 2012, at St. Mary’s Medical
Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 am Thursday at the Prince
of Peace Freewill Baptist Church by Rev. Phillip Warren. Burial will follow
in Oaklawn Cemetery, Huntington, WV. She was born April 12, 1932 a daughter
of the late William Grady and Zula Thompson Artrip. Ella was a Quality
Inspector for 38 years with Owens-Illinois. She was also a member of the
Prince of Peace Freewill Baptist Church. In addition to her parents she was
preceded in death by her husband Lawrence M. Shafer and two sisters Mary
Frances Artrip and Imogene Ray. Survivors include two daughters Catherine
Shafer Roberts and her husband David Roberts of Cincinnati, Ohio and Rebecca
Shafer Wheeler and her husband Dr. William Wheeler of Gaffney, SC; seven
grandchildren Patrick Gainer (Jennifer), Eliazabeth Savu (Lisa Savu), Emilie
Bok and Michael Bok all of Cincinnati, Ohio, Andrew Wheeler and Matthew
Wheeler both of Gaffney, SC and Carly Ray of Athens, Alabama; two great
grandchildren Piper Savu and Ella Gainer; a brother and sister in law
William and Millie Artrip; sister Edna Simpson of Huntington; nephew Carl
Ray and his wife Cheryl Ray of Athens, Ala. Friends may call from 6 to 8 pm
Wednesday at the Reger Funeral Home.
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