St. Clair County Obits

RITA LAVERNE CAFER

St. Clair County Courier
12 May 2006
Rita LaVerne Shaffner was born July 19, 1936, at Deepwater to Delbert Wesley and Blanche Ellen Tally Shaffner. She went to be with the Lord May 3, 2006, at Four Seasons Living Center, Sedalia.
Rita grew up in the Deepwater and Lowry City area. She graduated from Appleton City High School and went to Kansas City to work as an accountant. She was a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church. She married Robert Cafer in 1983, who preceded her in death in 1993.
She also was preceded in death by her father and mother as well as a brother, Leland Shaffner of Las Cruces, N.M.
Surviving are her son, Rowland C. Weaver, Jr., and his wife, Mickey; her grandson, Rowland C. Weaver III of Las Cruces, N.M.; her granddaughter, Kristi Weaver Larson of Enterprise, Ala.; her sister-in-law, Judy Shaffner of Las Cruces along with Colleen Antone of Las Cruces; Darrel and Brenda Antone of Topeka; and Layton and Jana Shaffner of Dallas. Rita had several nieces and nephews, great nieces, great nephews, and other relatives and friends who survive.
Funeral services were held at the Vansent-Mills Chapel on Sunday, May 7 with Dr. Randy Shipman officiating. The musical selections were "Amazing Grace", "Where He Leads Me", and "In The Sweet Bye and Bye" sung by the Jubilee Singers.
Casketbearers were Rowland C. Weaver III, Donnie Murray, Darrell Antone, Layton Shaffner, Walt Stubbs and Lawrence Tally.
Interment was in the Lowry City Cemetery, Lowry City, under the direction of Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton.