Obituary for Stephen Maurice Shaffer

Stephen Maurice Shaffer, age 49, of Campbell Hill, Ill., formerly of O'Fallon, born November 18, 1966 in Belleville, Ill., died July 16, 2016 as a result of an auto accident.

Stephen grew up in O'Fallon. He worked in construction as a hod carrier and belonged to O'Fallon Laborers Union 670. Stephen was a hard worker and would give the shirt off his back. He loved being outdoors, enjoyed camping, hunting, fishing and cooking on the weekends.

Stephen lived life to the fullest - exactly how he wanted.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents Carol Fohne, Raleigh and Elizabeth Shaffer and great-grandmother Joyce Gaffner.

Surviving are his daughter, Suzanne Marie (fiancè Steve Pohlman) Shaffer of Godfrey; mother Jo Ann (nee Fohne) Shaffer of Lebanon; father William Shaffer of O'Fallon; sister Barbara (John Albers) Shaffer of Lebanon; brother Joseph Shaffer of O'Fallon; nephew Benjamin Shaffer of Lebanon; his grandfather, Maurice Fohne of O'Fallon; and his special friend Toy McClaine of Campbell Hill, Ill.

The guestbook may be signed at www.wfh-ofallon.com. In lieu of flowers and other gifts, the family requests memorial donations to Shriner's Hospital and will be accepted at the funeral home.

Memorial Visitation: The family recieved friends on Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Wolfersberger Funeral Home, 102 West Washington St., O'Fallon, Ill.

Arrangements entrusted to Wolfersberger Funeral Home, O'Fallon, Illinois.