Dolores Owens Shaffer, 99 years, 10 months, passed away September 29, 2025. She was born November 29, 1925 at Flat Fork near Olive Hill, Kentucky, a daughter of George W. Owens and Florence Stallard Owens. Dolores attended Upper Tygart School, Erie School finishing her education at Morehead College. She taught in several one room schools, including Norton Branch and Spicy. She also substituted at Prichard Elementary. She worked at Carter Caves Lodge and Musetters as a deli manager. She was a woman of many talents and passions. She loved fishing more than anything, proudly recalling her largest catch; a four pound bass.
She loved to bake, baking many wedding cakes through the years along with a wide variety of cakes, muffins, and pies. She was thought of by her grandchildren as a maestro of sugar for her extensive assortments of candy creations, from cream candy to chocolate covered cherries. She was an avid painter and enjoyed a wide variety of crafts.
She was a lifelong student of the bible, cherishing her studies until her eyesight failed her. Above all, she was a devoted mother and grandmother to her sons and their sons.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Clifford Earl Shaffer, her parents and siblings, Clayton Owens, Wilma Owens, Allen Owens, George W. Owens Jr., and Julia Marie Peters and two sons, Raleigh Kenneth Shaffer, infant and James O. Shaffer, twin grandsons, John Allen and Norman Edward Shaffer, infants.
She is survived by her sons, William Earl Shaffer (Sherri), Norman Allen Shaffer (Elizabeth), and one daughter-in-law, Mary Jane Shaffer, five grandsons, Steve (Lynn) Shaffer, Brenton (Frances) Shaffer, Matthew Shaffer, Gary K. (Krissi) Shaffer and Larry D. Shaffer, and their great granchildren, Madison (Kaleb) Shaffer Fry, Brianna Shaffer and Sydney Shaffer and one bonus great-grandson, Chad Sansom and one great-great-granddaughter Ella Kay Fry.
Her loving nature and kindness will live on in the hearts of her family and friends.
Funeral services will be held 1 p.m., Friday, October 3, 2025, at Grayson Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 49 McCoy Road, Grayson, Kentucky, with Brother James Caudill officiating. Burial will follow in East Carter Memory Gardens in Grayson, Kentucky.
Friends may visit after 11 a.m., Friday, October 3, 2025, until the service hour at Grayson Funeral Home.
Grayson Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Dolores Owens Shaffer.
