Janette Shaffer Alpaugh

Janette Shaffer Alpaugh, age 98, of Gresham, Oregon died September 26, 2016 at her home. She was born March 5, 1918 near Arcadia, IN to Roscoe E. and Bertha (Waltz) Shaffer. She graduated from Arcadia High School and later from Purdue University. During World War II she served with the WAVES (Woman Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) a World War II women's branch of the United States Naval Reserve. After the War, she taught physical education at the high school and junior college levels in Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, North Carolina and Florida. After the death of her husband, Charles Alpaugh in 1988, she moved to Oregon to be near her sister and her family. Janette loved traveling and spent many of her summers taking her nieces and nephews on vacation, always encouraging them to experience new places and activities. She was an avid sports fan and was thrilled with the popularity of women's sports at all levels over the last several years. Janette is survived by nieces: Susan Shaffer Achenbach, Laura Kellogg and Carol Kellogg Archibald, nephew: Mark Shaffer, and sister-in-law: Patricia (Hall) Shaffer Collins. In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a brother: Howard Wayne Shaffer, sister: Geneva Shaffer Kellogg, nieces Ann Shaffer and Laura Kellogg Larsen, and nephew: William E. Shaffer. Her remains were returned to her birth place and interred at Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery near Arcadia, IN beside her husband. Local arrangements were entrusted to Hartley Funeral Homes Cicero Chapel, 209 West Jackson Street, Cicero, IN 46034.