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Joan Shaffer
Joan Shaffer
Iowa City
Joan Shaffer went to sleep in Jesus on July 8, 2023, at the age of 101. She was active in the Iowa City Seventh-day Adventist Church as a pianist, teacher, and church clerk. She was preceded in death by her husband, George, and is survived by four children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
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