Opal Mildred Shaffer, age 76. Of Bassett, Virginia died Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 at Blue Ridge Nursing Center in Stuart, Virginia.  She was born on July 30, 1942 in Maryland, to James Garvie and Ertie Privett Cochram.  She was the widow of Earl William Shaffer.

She is survived by two daughters, Mildred Burke of Bassett, Virginia and Mary Deal of Stuart, Virginia; two sisters, Sylvia and Norman Little of Red Line, Pennsylvania and Alice and Ron Stolzfus of Bedford, Pennsylvania; one brother, Donald Cochram of Pearisburg, Virginia; fiancé, Roger White of Bassett, Virginia; eight grandchildren; fifteen grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.

Funeral services will be conducted on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 2:00 at the Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home Chapel by Rev. Gleasanna Dixon with burial to follow in Forest Cemetery in Elk Creek, Virginia. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the funeral at the funeral home.

Reins-Sturdivant Funeral Home in Independence, VA is serving the Shaffer family.