Lois Shaffer

In loving memory of Lois Shaffer, our wonderful mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother and matriarch who passed away Sunday, August 4, 2013 after a brief illness, friends and family are invited to attend a memorial service at 10 am, Saturday, August 31, 2013 at the First Baptist Church in Hagerman.

Lois was born in Los Angeles, California in 1924 to Herbert Patric Cullen and Thelma Brady. She played baby Jesus in the original Ben Hur. Lois graduated from John Marshall High School and attended Los Angeles City College. She was an executive for JC Penneys for many years and retired from there in 1987. That same year, after a four month grand tour of Europe and the UK, she relocated to Hagerman, NM.

Lois was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Dr. Sylvester Shaffer, her sister, and her parents. She is survived by her daughters Cheryle Ellington of San Francisco and Shauna Pilley and husband Wesley of Hagerman granddaughters Lesli Carrera of Hagerman, Victoria Nickel and husband William of San Antonio and Amy Pilley of Albuquerque grandson Allen Pilley of Hagerman and greatgrandchildren Kayla Martinez, Haley Nickel, Jacob Nickel, Steele Nickel and Nicolas Carrera.

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