Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits/451 Surname: Shaffner, Myers ------------------------- Obituary: La Harpe Quill, 11-18-1964 Death Comes Near 86th Birthday to Grace Shaffner Mrs. Grace Shaffner, mother of Mrs. Paul Moyes of La Harpe, passed away at 3:10 p.m. on Saturday in St. Francis hospital in Burlington, Iowa just one week before she would have observed her 86th birthday. Mrs. Shaffner, well known over this entire area, had been in failing health for some time, though had been hospitalized a relatively short time. Gracie Maude Hull Shaffner was born in Durham township on November 21, 1878 to Milton Whitfield and Sarah (Baker) Hull. She was married at the home of her parents to Claude E. Shaffner of Dallas City. The couple had spent their entire married lives in the Dallas City community. He preceded his wife in death on August 6, 1950. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Joan Moyes of La Harpe and Mrs. Frances Riley of Dallas City; two sisters, Mrs. Hazel Kirby of Columbia, Missouri and Mrs. Fannie Butler of Dallas City, and four grandchildren. A son, Koll E. Shaffner is deceased, as are a brother and two sisters, George Hull, Mrs. Nellie Gracey and Mrs. Virginia Nicol. Funeral services were held on Tuesday afternoon in the First Christian church in Dallas City, with Rev. Charles Harris officiating. Burial was in the Dallas City cemetery.