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1932
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2019
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Richard Schaffer Obituary
He served in the U.S. Navy on the USS Fulton and worked as a commercial truck driver for Yellow Freight and later works for the Coppers at New England Restorations.
Richard was an outdoorsman. He loved to hunt and fish or to just drive listening to country and oldies music while looking for yard sales with his wife.
Survived by daughters, Kathleen Kalinay and her husband Dennis of Jacksonville, Fla., Patricia Anderson and her husband Roy of Norwich; six grandchildren; and eleven great-grandchildren. Besides his wife Shirley, he was preceded in death by daughter Janet Lee Schaffer.
Visitation 10 to 11 a.m. Monday, June 10, 2019, with Funeral Services starting after visitation at 11 a.m. at the Byles Memorial Home, 99 Huntington Street, New London. Burial with Military Honors at Maplewood Cemetery in Norwich.
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Mike Gilluly
June 10, 2019
Richie,
What a hoot this man was.
I to, worked, with Richie,at ENER
Spent many a days, cursing the red headed one, laughing at people and the things they do.
I lost touch with him after leaving the job, and thought of him often. He was a good man.
You could count on Richie like the sun every morning.
Rest easy my old friend.
MPG
Henryk Zaleski
June 10, 2019
Rest in peace shipmate and keep watch over the celestial port of call where we will all meet one day. God bless and keep you.
Cathleen Cooper
June 10, 2019
I worked with Richie for a lot of years and grew to love him. To this day we all fondly recall stories of him. He was a very special man and he will be missed.
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