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Submitted: 12/5/10 • Approved: 6/18/22 • Last Updated: 6/21/22 • R421590-G421590-S3
November 12, 1880 - September 16, 1810
Wife of Carl B Shafer
*Obituary
Gentry Journal-Advance
Thursday, September 22, 1910?
SHAFER, Clara OAKLEY - One of the saddest deaths it has ever been our duty to record is that of Mrs. Carl B. Shafer which occurred in Kansas City Friday evening, Sept. 16, an account of which we publish from the Kansas City Star elsewhere in this issue. The remains arrived here Sunday morning accompanied by the sorrowing husband and his sister, Mrs. C.C. Lale. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W.B. Wolf, pastor of the Methodist church, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T.H. Oakley, parents of the deceased, Monday afternoon and was attended by a very large number of sympathizing friends, after which interment was made in the Gentry cemetery. Previous to her marriage Mrs. Shafer, then Miss Clara Oakley, was employed by this newspaper as a compositor for several years and for that reason we had a good opportunity to know her. She was highly intellectual, perfect in her work and always good natured, pleasant and true to duty. She always took an interest in the educational advancement of her home town and assisted in many entertainments given for the benefit of our schools, was a Sunday School student and in every respect a most lovely character. She left our employ to marry the young man she loved. Besides her parents, brothers, sisters and husband, she leaves three children, the youngest only about six weeks old. The children will be cared for by Mrs. C.C. Lale. We extend sincere sympathy to the relatives in their great sorrow.
*Obituary (News article)
Gentry Journal-Advance
Friday, September 23, 1910
(from The Kansas City Times) A bullet fired by a negro patrolman at two negro chicken thieves killed Mrs. Carl B. Shafer, 3015 East 14th Street, at 4:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. She was standing in the sewing room of her home washing a window just before the shot was fired. From the position of her body it is believed that she had just turned from the window when the bullet crashed through the window she had been washing. She was struck below the right shoulder blade. The bullet lodged in or near the heart. Mrs. Shafer's 5 weeks old baby was asleep in the nursery but two other children, Dale, 6 years old and Helen, 2 years old, were playing in the front yard. They heard shots and a bullet whiz through the air. Helen was frightened but Dale quieted her and they went on playing until their father came home from his office an hour later. The children ran to the door calling to their mother that their father was home. Dale opened the door for him. Mr. Shafer walked in and found his wife lying dead on the floor. Neighbors heard the shot but when they saw the policeman coming soon after they thought no more about it. They heard Mrs. Shafer's baby cry several times but babies often cry and that was no cause for investigation. The negro patrolman, Chas. Cook, had found two negroes in Belvidere Hollow, north of Independence Ave. about 3:30. They were cooking chicken. When they saw him they started to run. At 13th and Chestnut is an open field two blocks long. The negroes ran across this. Cook ordered them to halt. But the negroes kept on running and Cook began to shoot. He fired four times. The last shot was fired just as they reached a ridge at the east end of the field near Agnes Ave. He said he fired in the air to scare them. It was probably this shot which struck Mrs. Shafer. Mr. Shafer was prostrated when he found his wife dead. The neighbors took him to the home of his sister, Mrs. C.C. Lale of 2404 East Thirteenth St. The children were taken care of at the home of a neighbor by Mrs. Frances Listenbert, Mr. Shafer's mother. Dr. H.M. Carver, 2805 E. 12th St. was called to examine Mrs. Shafer's body. It was sent to Freeman & Marshall's undertaking rooms. Mr. Shafer owns the 12th St. Dairy, 1223 Charlotte St. He came here from St. Louis a year ago. None of Mrs. Shafer's relatives live here. Her father is Thomas H. Oakley of Gentry, Ark., secretary of the Benton County, Arkansas Fruit Growers' Association. Besides her husband and three children she left her mother, father, three brothers and four sisters. She was 28 years old.
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