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David J.Shaver,80,of Charleroi,died Saturday,April 14,2001,in Shadyside Hospital,Pittsburgh. He was born Feb.11,1921,in Nashville,Tenn.,a son of the late Edwin and Sarah Hite Graves. He was a member of the Charleroi United Methodist Church,the Oddfellows,Belle Vernon Lodge 643 F&AM,and the Charleroi and Roscoe gun clubs. He had been a softball and baseball umpire for many years. He was a former district justice in Belle Vernon,Fayette County,for 18 years. He retired in 1979 from the Allenport Plant,Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel,working in central services as an electrical foreman. He had served in the U.S.Army,Second Infantry Division,during World War II. Survivors include his wife,Mary Ann Jones Shaver,three sons and two daughters-in-law,David J.Jr.and Sue Shaver of Charleroi,Jeffrey L.Shaver of the state of California,and Gregory and Nancy Barr of Charleroi,one daughter and son-in-law,Melody and Barry Carmello of Monessen,three sisters,Barbara Frazier of Elliocott City,Md.,and Jackie Hodgkiss and Betty Shannon,both of Browntown,Va.,and four grandchildren,Justin and Brandon Barr and Blake and Dalton Carmello. Friends will be received Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.in the FERGUSON FUNERAL HOME INC.,a Golden Rule Member Firm,700 Broad Ave.,Belle Vernon,where funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m.,with the Rev.D.Edward Bailey officiating. Interment will follow in Belle Vernon Cemetery. Belle Vernon 643 F&AM will meet Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.in the funeral home to hold services.

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