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Note: Note: The following obituary mentions sisters June Dorr of Dansville, & Renee Trewer of Avon which are not in my list of children. Edwin D. Shaver
Born May 16, 1919
Died August 4, 2000
WEST SPARTA - Edwin D. Shaver, 81, of Kysorville-Byersville Road in West Sparta died Friday, Aug. 4, 2000 at Noyes Memorial Hospital in Dansville where he had been taken after being stricken at home. He was born May 6, 1919 in Wayland, N.Y., the son of the late Martin and Ruth (Jacobs) Shaver. He was married Sept. 16, 1944 in Genesee, Pa. to Miriam 'Betty' Shaver who he had been married to for 55 years. Edwin had been employed as a heavy equipment operator and instructor for the NYS DOT in Geneseo for 18 years, retiring in 1979. He continued working under the Green Thumb Program doing maintenance work at the rest areas on Interstate 390. He owned and operated his own farm in W. Sparta for many years, along with working as a truck driver and school bus driver for Dansville Central School several years ago.
Besides his wife Betty, he is survived by a daughter, Sue (Gilbert) Link of W. Sparta; two granddaughters, Robin and Holly Link of W. Sparta; two brothers, Albert (Bernie) Shaver of Fillmore and Donald (Rita) Shaver of Birdsall; four sisters, June Dorr and Onalee Henchen, both of Dansville, Renee (Wilfred) Trewer of Avon and Ruth (Gerald) Stone of Honeoye; two aunts, Dorena Schubmehl of Wayland, Rita and Lillian Wallace, both of Virginia; 31 foster children; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Friends called Sunday 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at the Chamberlin Funeral Home, Inc., 73 Main Street in Dansville where funeral services were held Monday at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Jamie Stevens officiating. Burial was be in Oaklawn Cemetery, W. Sparta. Friends who wish may make memorial contributions to the Dansville Ambulance Corp. or the West Sparta Fire Dept. (GCE, August 10, 2000, p4)
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