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Alma Fern Key

Female 1917 - 2009  (91 years)    Has 47 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

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  • Name Alma Fern Key 
    Birth 16 Oct 1917  Leonard, Fannin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 02 Jan 2009  Wylie, Collin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Obit:
      Alma Fern Key Shaffer
      Funeral services for Alma Fern Key Shaffer, 91-year-old Wylie resident, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Monday January 5 at the Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home Chapel at Leonard. Dr. Gene Key and David Davy will officiate. Burial will be in the East Shady Grove Cemetery.

      Family visitation will be from 6 until 8 p.m. Sunday January 4.

      Mrs. Shaffer was born October 16, 1917 at Leonard, Texas. Her parents were Frank and Minnie Jacobs Key. Her church affiliation was with the Baptist and Pentecostal Churches. She died Friday January 2 at the Hillcrest Manor Nursing Home at Wylie.

      She is survived by her son, Jerry Shaffer and his wife, Ollene, of Wylie; her grandson, Kyle Shaffer, of Leonard; her granddaughter, Jenni Hammer, Jenni's husband Matthew and their three sons, Isaac, Zachary and Joel of Austin; her granddaughter Vanessa Orr, Vanessa's son, Brad, his wife, Jenny, and daughter, Avery of Murphy, and Vanessa's daughter, Melissa Hearon and her husband, Jason, of Wylie; her granddaughter, Jeri Leonard, Jeri's husband, Jeff and their children, Bethany, Mitchell and Cole. She is also survived by her half-sisters Oletha Ford of Mineral Wells, Sarah Frances Coon of Mineral Wells and Thelma Lou Smith of Torrence, California, and a host of other family members and friends.

      She was preceded in death by her husband: M.J. Shaffer; her parents: Frank and Minnie Jacobs Key; her brothers: Andrew and Orville Key; her half-brother: Frank Key and her half-sisters: Mildred Sheehan and Katherine Arterburn.

      Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow Funeral Home of Leonard is in charge of arrangements. To convey condolences or to sign an online register, please visit
    Burial East Shady Grove Cemetery, West of Leonard, Fannin Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Headstone(SHAFFER) - M. J. Shaffer and Alma Fern Key Shaffer
    Headstone(SHAFFER) - M. J. Shaffer and Alma Fern Key Shaffer
    Siblings 3 Siblings 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    John Bolivar Key,   b. 19 Jun 1794, Lancaster County., South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1874, Chesterfield County, South Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)  (2 x Great Grandfather) 
    Minnie Evangeline Jacobs,   b. Abt 1873   d. Nov 1917, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)  (Mother) 
    Person ID I109870  FeldmanTree
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2009 

    Father Andrew Franklin Key,   b. 30 May 1889, Leonard, Fannin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Sep 1955, Wataugu, Fannin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Other Partners: Charlotte Womack  
    Mother Minnie Evangeline Jacobs,   b. Abt 1873   d. Nov 1917, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years) 
    Family ID F25712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family M. J. Shaffer,   b. 25 Nov 1915   d. 30 May 1996 (Age 80 years) 
    Marriage 07 May 1937 
    Family ID F25861  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 16 Oct 1917 - Leonard, Fannin County, Texas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - East Shady Grove Cemetery, West of Leonard, Fannin Co., Texas Link to Google Earth
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