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| | The Daily Star - Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29) |
 | | ONEONTA On this date, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2004, a very special person, a very devoted wife, a great-great-grandmother, a great-grandmother, a grandmother and our mother, Thelma Adeline Shaver went to be with the Lord. |
 | | Thelma was predeceased by one daughter, Margaret Lois Simonds of Oregon on Dec. 20, 2003; one son-in-law, Walter Denny on Nov. 13, 2002; one great-great-grandson, Seymore C. Shaver III on Sept. 19, 2003; two sisters, Faith Anderson and Elma L. Pelham; and one brother, George Pelham. |
 | | She was born on Oct. 15, 1934, in Germany, the daughter of William and Anna (Hirte) Mertens. |
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