Tuesday 26 March 2019

Sign Painter


Anna Catherine Flagler was the daughter of Henry T Flagler & Elizabeth L Jump.  Born in 1899 at Clifton Park, NY, she married Lloyd Ellis Sheffer, the son of Leonard E Sheffer & Nellie Bryan.

Leonard was born in Mechanicville, NY and was a sign painter by trade.  

The pair removed to Florida where they passed away, he in 1970, she in 1945. 

courtesy of SixDogTeam - Find A Grave

He was buried at the Clearwater Municipal Cemetery in Florida. 

She was buried with her family at the Clifton Park Baptist Cemetery in New York

courtesy of Dan - Find A Grave
The Clearwater Evening Independent, Sat, 28 Jul 1945
Clearwater, July 28 - Funeral services will be arranged by the Moss Funeral Home today for Mrs Ann Flagler Sheffer, 45, a resident of Clearwater for the past three years, who died late yesterday at Morton Plant Hospital following a brief illness. Mrs Sheffer was a member of the Episcopal Church and is survived by her husband, Lloyd C Sheffer, Clearwater; two sons, Lt Leonard Sheffer, serving with the US Army in the South Pacific, and Richard Sheffer, Clearwater; one daughter, Miss Esther Ann Sheffer, of this city, and her father, Henry T Flagler, also a Clearwater resident.

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