Posted on: Hancock Co. Il Obituaries Forum Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Il/HancockObits/442 Surname: Shaffner, Myers, Rice ------------------------- Obituary: Claude Shaffner Long-Time Dallas Postmaster Dies Claude E. Shaffner, 75, lifelong Dallas City citizen and former postmaster, died suddenly at his home on Sunday, August 6, 1950 after suffering a heart attack. Death occurred at 7:30 p.m. Funeral services, with Rev. and Mrs. O.B. Morris officiating, were held on Sunday afternoon in the Dallas City Christian church with interment in Dallas City cemetery. The services were delayed so that a daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Moyes, who were in the process of a western vacation trip and were contacted on Wednesday at Dickinson, North Dakota, might attend. Claude Shaffner, son of Roe and Irene Lear Shaffner, was born in Dallas City on April 23, 1875, and on December 15, 1898 was united in marriage at Durham to Grace W. Hull. Mr. Shaffner engaged in the clothing and grocery business in Dallas City for many years, and for two decades served as the city's postmaster, retiring May 1, 1945. He is mourned by his wife, two daughters, Mrs. Joan Moyes of Durham and Mrs. Frances Riley, of Dallas City; three grandchildren, Kolleeta and Karen Moyes and Hazel Marguerite Riley; two brothers, Carl of Marshalltown, Iowa and George of Battle Creek, Michigan; and a sister, Mrs. Mary Myers, of Dallas City.