Mary Jo Shaffer

August 16, 1932 - December 7, 2014

Mary Jo Shaffer, 82, of Lequire passed away Sunday, December 7, 2014 at Eastar Hospital in Muskogee. She was born on August 16, 1932 in Melrose, New Mexico to Shelby Hamilton and Josephine (Benner) Hamilton. She grew up in California where she received her education. She married Archie Carl Shaffer on January 31, 1948 in Florence, Arizona and they made their home together in Salida, California for twenty two years. She then moved to Oklahoma in 1970 and began a career with Sheltons in 1971 as an office manager for twenty five years until her retirement in 1996. She worked in the grocery business a total of thirty eight years. She is survived by one son, Ronald Shaffer and wife Linda of Kinta; two daughters, Carla Bridges and husband Bob of Madesto, California, Vicki Carroll and husband Urban of Lequire; six grandchildren, Carl Patterson, Travis Patterson, Kevin Atkinson, Matt Atkinson, Jeremy Shaffer, Heather Bonham; seventeen great grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; seven brothers, Riley Hamilton, Bob Hamilton, Bill Hamilton, Jerry Hamilton, Allen Hamilton, Jimmy Hamilton, Dennis Hamilton; five sisters, Frances, Karen, Sandy, Jackie, Betty. She is preceded in death by her parents, Shelby and Josephine Hamilton; her husband, Archie Carl Shaffer; one brother, Lamont; one sister, Rosetta Catherine; one great grandson, Chase Patterson. Funeral Services will be held 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, December 10, 2014 at R.E. Shearwood Memorial Chapel with Reverend Denver Bowen officiating. Pallbearers include, Carl Patterson, Jeremy Shaffer, Travis Patterson, Jason Bonham, Denver Bowen, and Urban Carroll. Burial will immediately follow at Sans Bois Cemetery under the direction of King and Shearwood Funeral Home of Stigler.