Peter Shaver

Notes:

Wayland, May 23. – Peter Shaver died at his home this evening, after an illness of four days, aged 45 years. Mr. Shaver was taken suddenly ill Saturday night with appendicitis. He is survived by his widow, one son, one daughter, his mother, Mrs. Marrie; two brothers, Andrew and John, and one sister, Mrs. Esther Linke, all of this village.
(Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Thursday, May 24, 1906)

Family/Spouse: Margaret Wolfanger. Margaret (daughter of William Wolfanger and Harriet Hoffman) was born in 1869 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; died on 18 Jun 1960 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in East Wayland Cemetery, Steuben County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: Abt 1917; World War I (US)

Notes:

Mr. Arthur Shaver was a lifelong resident of Wayland, a member of the First Evangelical Church and the I.O.O.F. He died in the Veterans’ Hospital in Bath in May 1940. His wife, the former Grace Totten survived him. Mr. Shaver had served in France during World War I, and was active in Wayland’s Theodore R. Van Tassell American Legion Post, whose members formed an escort of honor for his funeral procession. The W.H. Gunlocke Chair Co., his employer, closed its plant for the afternoon of his funeral so that fellow workers could attend. Burial was in the Village Cemetery.
(Wayland Register May 9, 1940)