This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Tk.2ADE/2340 Message Board Post: Ben Shafer Passes After Long Illness; Funeral on Tuesday Benjamin A. shafer, 54, a lifelong resident of this community,passed away Sunday afternoon at his home in this city after a lingering illness. A native of Ludlow township, he had made his home in this city for the past 2½ years. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the Schutte funeral home, conducted by the Rev. G. G. Reibert, pastor of Bethlehem church in Ludlow, and interment was in Postville cemetery.