Birth date: Feb 16, 1943 Death date: Sep 28, 2014
Afterglow I’d like the memory of me to be a happy one, I’d like to leave an afterglow of smiles when life is done. I’d like to leave an echo whispering softly down the ways, of happy times and laughing times and bright and sunny d Read Obituary
May you never be forgotten, in our hearts, prayers always .
Thank you Nance, You, Bob and family were always doing something g everyday, visiting, praying, working church bus for children and adults… Along the border of Mexico inviting families and anyone needing a ride to church… Most memorable experience was ice cream cone Sunday… Had to use 2 buses to pickup all visitors ( there was ice cream ) everyplace possible for a drop of it to fall into… Thought we were going to have to paint the church uses… Such fun and praising The Lord for all visitors.. Of course, the team won the prize for having the most visitors that day on church buses… Guess what we won? You guessed Huge ICE CREAM CONE…
Gramps Clarence and great grandpa John were tapping underneath side of picnic table and the me (Richie), believing anything they say as being the truth and only the truth was busy looking for the squirrel… Do you notice the puzzled look on my face…
Thank you very much for sharing you thoughts and memories with our family at our time of sadness and happy times… My first contact with the Shafer family was at elementary school Mr. Shafer was my teacher at one time… Also Gary was in same school same time… Also his younger brother… This all sounds a little scatter brain but I'm still grieving very openly…
I have known Clarence practically his entire life but have not seen him in recent years. Though he is five years younger than I, he and his siblings and I and my siblings grew up together. Our houses were only a stone's throw apart. He and Pat were Best Man and Matron of Honor at my first wedding in 1961. Even though I haven't seen him in recent years we will miss him very much Vaughn F. Shafer
My daughter encouraged me share this story. When I was 6 the school on my street was not completed so we all had to be bused to Glenwood on the West Side of Charleston. Dad would bribe me with quarters so I would get on the bus without a fit. I always took the money, but when it came time to board the bus, I cried and carried on. Dad had to physically put me on the bus and Clarence had to hold me until the bus took off. Both parents recalled this story many times over the years and laughed. Clarence may not have been quite as amused. Lynn Gunnoe
One of my absolute favorite photos! My grandpa, myself and my great grandpa Sheets! Their is so much love in this one picture
I wrote, a message but Lord knows what I did wrong because I don't see it…. Clarence was the greatest friend, with a great smile that could light up a room. When we were young and he and Pat much younger, than now, we were together almost 24/7. We all went to church together, we had three small babies, and rarely enough food, but they always had room at their table, Clarence always would laugh and say Pat put a few more beans or potatoes in the pot, pull up a chair and lets eat. He was just as you saw him, happy, loving and generous, He loved is wife, his children, his church and most of all HIS Lord. I don't remember him ever saying a bad word about anyone. Even with all his pain and sickness. Such a great person to of known, Bob and I will always remember those early days fondly……. .. You will be missed but not forgotten
My daughter encouraged me to write about how Clarence had to hold me on the bus crying and throwing a fit. Dad would bribe me with quarters so they could avoid a bad day. I was bused to Glenwood Elementary as our school was not finished, I was in the first grade and did not like the bus or school. Dad would have to force me on the bus and Clarence held me until the bus took off. My parents talked about it for years afterward and laughed. Clarence may not have been as amused. Lynn Gunnoe
He was an amazing human being with so much strength and love in his heart! He always had a smile, no matter how bad he was hurting. Clarence was one of a kind and God and the angels are rejoicing that he is home and new again!
