Carl Wayne Gray Genealogies
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Shafer, William David 'Bill'
1941 - 2014 (73 years)-
Name Shafer, William David 'Bill' Birth 29 Mar 1941 Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois 
Gender Male Reference Number SHAF.W003 _FGRAVE 136745734 Military Service United States Navy 
United States Navy 
United States Navy United States Navy Officer Rank Insignia Death 2 Oct 2014 Washington Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington Person ID I37494 Carl Wayne Gray Research Last Modified 23 Jun 2023
Father Shafer, Virgil D., b. 8 Apr 1913 d. 3 Aug 1993, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois (Age 80 years) Mother Witt, Helen W., b. 24 Sep 1913, Olney, Richland County, Illinois d. 23 Apr 2005, Richland County Memorial Hospital, Olney, Richland County, Illinois (Age 91 years) Marriage 21 Jul 1934 Joliet, Will County, Illinois [1, 2] Family ID F11523 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Thompson, Emily 'Amy', b. 1 Aug 1940, Geneva, Kane County, Illinois d. 1 Sep 2020, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington (Age 80 years) Family ID F15095 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 31 Jan 2023
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Birth - 29 Mar 1941 - Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois 
Death - 2 Oct 2014 - Washington 
Burial - - Evergreen Cemetery, Vancouver, Clark County, Washington = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - William "Bill" Shafer, 73, of Vancouver, Washington, passed away on October 2, 2014, with his family by his side.
Bill was born in Effingham, Illinois to Virgil and Helen (Witt) Shafer on March 29, 1941.
After graduating from Clay City High School in 1959, he attended the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana on a Navy ROTC scholarship. In June of 1963, he was commissioned as a Naval Officer, graduated from U of I with a BS in Mathematics, and married Emily (Amy) Thompson all in one weekend.
He served on the USS Amberjack from 1963-1965. After graduating from Nuclear Submarine School in 1966, Bill served on a nuclear submarine, the USS John Adams. In 1968, he resigned from the Navy to spend more time with his family and began his career in the telecommunications industry at Illinois Bell and then Pacific Telecom.
Bill was an avid Seahawks, UW Huskies, and Illini football fan and enjoyed spending weekends traveling to games with family and friends.
Bill leaves behind his wife of 51 years, Amy Shafer; daughter, Sondra Smith of Seattle; son, Michael Shafer and wife Kim of Bellevue; daughter-in-law, Leah Shafer of Vancouver; 4 grandchildren, Madison, Zach, Carson, and Kayla; sister, Joanne Poorman of Vincennes, Indiana; brother, Jim Shafer of Bourbonnais, Illinois; and many loving nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Helen Shafer; and his son, Tom Shafer.
A memorial service will be held at Evergreen Memorial Gardens, 1101 NE 112th Ave., Vancouver, WA on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 4:00p.m.
In lieu of flowers, please donate to
American Diabetes Association
at 1-800-DIABETES (800-342-2283).
Please sign his Guest Book at www.columbian.com/obits.
Funeral Home
- William "Bill" Shafer, 73, of Vancouver, Washington, passed away on October 2, 2014, with his family by his side.
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Sources - [S11291] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Shafter, Helen W., 91, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61693132), none. (Reliability: 2).
- [S3394] Ancestry.com, 1940 United States Federal Census, Clay City, Clay County, Illinois, (District 13-3) (Village), image 10, page 5a, (https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2442/M-T0627-00769-00053?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.asp) (Reliability: 3).
- [S11291] http://www.findagrave.com, Obituary, Shafter, Helen W., 91, (https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=61693132), none. (Reliability: 2).