Frances Elsie Shafer

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Frances Elsie (Shafer) Walker

Born on August 17, 1901 in Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. She was the oldest child and daughter of Charles Judson Shafer and Maude Irene Weiss.

Description

Frances Elsie Shafer, wife of Arthur C. Walker

Frances was average of build who stood about 5 foot 8 inch in height. She had dark brown hair and hazel eyes. In her later years, Frances' hair turned white but she dyed it with some coloring that gave her hair a slight bluish tint.

Early Years

• Childhood - She was born and grew up on the family farm in Champion, Trumbull County, Ohio. Prior to her birth, her mother gave birth to a pair of twin boys who died at birth. During her early school years, Frances became ill with typhoid fever. It was believed she became ill because the water from the school was contaminated.
• Early Loss - In her later years, an early boyfriend of hers, Lee Cathouse, died in her arms from Bright's disease.
• Siblings
  • Agnes Henrietta Shafer
  • Marian Elizabeth Shafer
  • Raymond Judson Shafer
  • Eleanor Louise Shafer
  • Donald Weiss Shafer
  • Audrey Mildred Shafer

Education

She graduated from Champion High School (Valedictorian) on April 22, 1921 in Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio.

During her time at Champion High School the curriculum she completed (with associated grades) included:

• Four years of English (87, 88, 84 & 93 out of 100%)
• Four years of Latin (81, 85, 85 & 92 out of 100%)
• A semester of Agriculture (93 out of 100%)
• A semester of Household Arts (93 out of 100%)
• A year and a half of Algebra (I & II) (89 & 91 out of 100%)
• A year of Plane Geometry (88 out of 100%)
• A quarter year of Botany (91 out of 100%)
• A year of Physics (79 out of 100%)
• A year of General History (79 out of 100%)
• A quarter year of American History (88 out of 100%)
• A year of General Science (85 out of 100%)
• A quarter year of Civics (9d2 out of 100%)

Religion

She was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church in downtown Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

Family Years

• How they met - Met Arthur at a dance, dating with her sisters Agnes (with Morley Patterson) and Marion (with Arthur’s brother, Robert)
• First house - The first house the couple ever owned was at 1454 McMyler Street NW in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.
• Marriage - Frances married Arthur Erwin Cooper Walker on June 10, 1926 in Champion Township, Trumbull County, Ohio. The couple had two children: one boy - Richard Arthur Walker, and one girl - Jeannette Frances. (Note: Frances did, however, have a miscarriage a few years after the birth of her daughter Jeannette. Jeannette remembers the doctor coming to the house and later leaving with a "wrapped bundle" in his arms.)
  • Richard Arthur Walker
  • Jeannette Frances Walker

Residences

• Lived with Arthur and her in-laws at 395 Trumbull Avenue SE in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio in 1930.
• Lived at 1454 McMyler Street NW in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

Working Years

Frances was a housewife for forty years.

Early in life she did clerical work at Ohio Lamp in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.

Personal Life

She loved playing cards (500) with a few of her close friends. The club was originally called the "Merry Ole Girls," but was later renamed "Grandmas' Card Club.

Frances also loved to tend to her flowers, loved to sew, knit and crochet, and playing her organ.

Death

Frances died from a heart attack (a circulatory collapse due to coronary arterial occlusion) on December 15, 1966 at her home in Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio. Her husband Arthur discovered her body.

She was buried on December 19, 1966 at Champion Township Cemetery in Champion, Trumbull County, Ohio. This cemetery is located on Center Street (Rt 305) in Champion, Trumbull County, Ohio. This cemetery is approximately 7 miles northwest of Warren, Trumbull County, Ohio.