- Mother of Mrs. Allen (Arlene K.) Steffen of Bluffton, Mary M. Shifferly, 83, died at 12:57 a.m. Wednesday, April 20 at Chalet Village in Berne. She had been a patient there since January.Born Jan. 24, 1922 in Adams County to Alva K. and Bertha Ann Welty Burger, she married Ermil D. Shifferly April 3, 1943 in St. Mary's Twp., Adams County. He survives.A member of the Decatur Church of God, she retired from CTS in Berne after 18 1/2 years of service.Additional survivors include a son, Duane D. Shifferly of rural Monroe; a brother, Robert M. Burger, Decatur; three sisters, Mrs. Gorman (Rosa) Fox, and Annie Fleming, both of Decatur, and Mrs. Harold (Lucrecia) Minnich, Willshire, Ohio; four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
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