Forrest Shaffer

1925 - 2007

Forrest Shaffer, 82, passed away Thursday, Oct. 4, 2007, in Abilene.
Funeral: 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 13, at Altamesa Church of Christ in Fort Worth. Interment: Laurel Land Memorial Park of Fort Worth.
Memorials: Memorial donations may be sent to Altamesa Church of Christ (neighborhood needs) or the American Heart Association.
Mr. Shaffer was formerly of Fort Worth and had resided in Abilene for the past six months. He was born in Modoc, Kan., on July 23, 1925, and moved to the Milan, Kan., area when he was small. He helped grow wheat on the family farm near Milan and he graduated from Milan High School. He entered Abilene Christian College in Abilene in 1946, married Jeanette Barnett in 1948 and graduated from Abilene Christian College in 1950.
Mr. Shaffer was a member of the Church of Christ. He preached and taught home Bible studies for about 20 years in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas. He loved the home Bible studies where he could teach in a small setting, and was also a good class teacher. After retiring from formal ministry, he still did much personal teaching. He had been shepherd, greeter and deacon at different times. His last was as greeter at Altamesa Church of Christ. He had been in real estate sales and was a broker/owner for 12 years in Lawrence, Kan., before moving to Fort Worth, where he bought, rented and sold his own residential real estate.
He was preceded in death by his mother, father, brother, mother-in-law, father-in-law and a sister-in-law.
Survivors: Wife, Jeanette; daughters, Dawn Shaffer and husband, Marshall Nemoy, and Iris Linder and husband, Stephen Linder; son, Warren Shaffer and wife, Jeri; granddaughter, Jennifer Jennings-Shaffer and her husband, Sam Schroeder; grandsons, Eric Socolofsky, Christopher Jennings-Shaffer and Justin Linder; nephews, John H. Barnett and Douglas R. Barnett; brother-in-law, Joe R. Barnett; daughter-in-law, Brenda Jennings; more than 20 cousins; and a multitude of friends.