Paul Shafter Hafner1,2,3,4,5

M, (27 May 1898 - 9 May 1975)
Charts
Jacob Scholderer descendants (Rosenfeld, Württemberg)
     Paul Shafter Hafner was born on 27 May 1898.6,3,5 He married, at age 27, Dorothea Ann Wolf, age 22, daughter of William G. Wolf and Katharine M. Keller, on Wednesday, 29 July 1925 at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.2,3,4 Paul Shafter Hafner died on 9 May 1975 at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, at age 76 years, 11 months and 12 days.2,3,4,5 He was buried on 12 May 1975 in the Memorial Park Cemetery, located in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. The funeral service was officiated by Reverend Marcus Buehrer.3
     Paul Shafter Hafner was employed by NCR between 1924 and 1962 as an assembler in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.3 Paul, the son-in-law of Katharine M. Keller, who died on 3 September 1958, was listed as the informant on the death certificate.7 Paul Shafter Hafner, deceased, formerly lived at 440 Dayton Towers Drive, Dayton, Ohio, as of April 1975.3 His obituary was published sometime in May 1975 in the local paper, printed in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio. His obituary stated:

     HAFNER, Paul S., age 76 of 440 Dayton Towers Dr. passed away Friday morning at his residence. Prior to his retirement in 1962 he had been an assembler with NCR for 38 years. Survived by his wife Dorothea A. (Wolf); 2 sons, Donald W., St. Petersburg, Fla., William P., of Kettering; 5 grandchildren. He was a member of the Twenty Five Year Club at NCR, The Oak Creek United Church of Christ, The Young at Heart Group. Services 1 p.m. Monday, Luthman Funeral Home, 364 Xenia Av. Rev. Marcus Buehrer officiating. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home 4-8 p.m. Sunday. It is requested in lieu of flowers contributions be made to The Oak Creek Church Memorial Fund.3 According to the Social Security Administrations Death Index Paul's last known residence was Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio.5

     The obituary for Dorothea Ann Wolf in April 1981 Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, listed Paul Shafter Hafner as her deceased husband.4

Children of Paul Shafter Hafner and Dorothea Ann Wolf

Last Edited=4 Jan 2009

Citations

  1. [S1783] Keller Family 8-8-43, Keller Research Files; supplied by David A. Buerk, [street address for private use,] Dayton, Ohio, USA. 2008. This is a copy of a family tree that was hand drawn in 1943. The date listed is shown as 8-8-1943. David indicated that it came from Emma (Keller) Feldmaier, which is Jacob Keller's daughter. It can be presumed that either Jacob or Emma was the artist of the tree. The tree contains no dates only a center showning John and Eliabeth Keller with branches for each of their children: Anna, Lena, John, Elizabeth, George, Margaret, Jacob, Katie and Christ and their descendants.
  2. [S1786] Pat Machleid, (Washington, Michigan) to David and Cynthia, letter, March 1995; Keller Research Files; privately held by David A. Buerk, [address for private use,] Dayton, Ohio, USA, 2008. David Buerk received this letter asking for information about the Keller family in order to produce a family tree. It also provides extensive information about the children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Katharine Keller and William Wolf. The information contained is not sourced and is most likely the result of personal research done by the author.
  3. [S1792] Paul S. Hafner obituary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Dayton, Ohio, May 1975. David A. Buerk, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
  4. [S1793] Mrs. Dorothea A. Hafner obituary, undated clipping from an unidentified newspaper presumably from a local paper in Dayton, Ohio, April 1981. David A. Buerk, Dayton, Ohio, USA.
  5. [S1779] Social Security Death Index, RootsWeb online, at <http://ssdi.rootsweb.ancestry.com/> (Baltimore, Maryland: U.S. Social Security Administration, 18 November 2008 update). The SSDI component of RootsWeb online is drawn from the Social Security Death Benefits Index of the U.S. Social Security Administration. PAUL HAFNER, birth listed as 27 May 1898, died listed as May 1975, issued in the State of Ohio. Last residence Dayton, Montgomery, OH, last benefit (none specified). Accessed 4 Jan 2009.
  6. [S1786] Pat Machleid letter to David and Cynthia, March 1995. This entry shows the date of birth for Paul S. Hafner as 27 May 1895.
  7. [S1785] Pat Machleid, (Washington, Michigan) to David and Cynthia, letter, 7 February 1995; Keller Research Files; privately held by David A. Buerk, [address for private use,] Dayton, Ohio, USA, 2008. David Buerk received this letter asking for information about the Keller family in order to produce a family tree. It provides some basic information about the children of Katharine Keller and William Wolf. The information contained is not sourced and is most likely the result of personal research done by the author.