Barbara Jean Buchanan Shafer
Worked for Westinghouse in Fairmont, W.Va.
Barbara Jean Buchanan Shafer, 84, of Greensboro, W.Va., passed away at 8:05 p.m. Wednesday, September 18, 2013, in Mountainview Rehabilitation Hospital, Morgantown, W.Va.
She was born Sunday, February 3, 1929, in Morgantown, a daughter of James and Gertrude Hayes Buchanan.
Mrs. Shafer attended local schools in West Virginia and worked at Westinghouse in Fairmont, W.Va.
She was a member of Mapletown United Methodist Church and a former member of Morgantown Moose Lodge.
Surviving are a daughter and spouse, Linda and Joe Kois Jr.; a granddaughter, Michelle Renee Kois; and two great-granddaughters, Christal and Rhianna, all of Greensboro; several nieces and nephews, including nieces Doris, Janet and Sharon Lorenz of California and Sandra Romano of Fairmont and nephews Charles D. “Danny” Campbell and wife Catherine of Greensburg and Lawrence K. Stieringer and wife JoAnn of Laurel Point, W.Va.; and her “favorite” nieces and nephew, Linda Stimmell, Robert Stimmell and wife Nicole of Morgantown, and Chasity Soccorsi and husband Adel of Doha, Qatar.
Deceased are her loving husband of 64 years, Ralph Q. Shafer, who died May 15, 2011; a brother, Warren Buchanan; three sisters, Betsy Lorenz, Margaret Swyck and Ida Belle Campbell; and special nieces, Patty Markley, Ethel Shreeves and JoAnn Buchanan Swiger.
She was the last of her immediate family.
Friends may call from 2 to 7 p.m. Sunday in McCulla Funeral Home, 770 Fairmont Road, Morgantown, and from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., the time of funeral service, Monday, September 23, with Pastor Rose Saunders officiating. Burial will follow in Beverly Hills Cemetery, Morgantown. Condolences may be made to the family at www.McCulla.com.