Dan Shaffar

Dan Shaffar, 75, of Hillsboro passed away on September 22nd, 2018, in Mansfield. Visitation will be at 12:00 noon on Monday, October 1, 2018, at Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home in Grand Prairie. Funeral services will be held immediately after at 1:00 with Rev. Ray Sparkman officiating. Burial will follow at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery in Dallas at 2:15. Dan was born in Centralia, Illinois, to Ralph Shaw and Arlene Watkins Shaw on January 19, 1943. He graduated from Reno High School in Reno, Nevada, and proudly served in the United States Air Force from 1961 to 1965. He was a graduate of the University of Houston, and after graduation, worked at NASA. He was involved in the Apollo Moon Mission at NASA, and subsequently received a certificate from the President of the United States. Over the years, Dan worked as a IT Systems Analyst with LTV/Vought, American Airlines, and retired from Bank of America. Over the past six years he was a volunteer at the Texas Heritage Museum in Hillsboro. He enjoyed his work in Processing Collections, and through the years, he received several awards. He was an avid member of the NRA and enjoyed shooting guns, playing guitar, comedy, classic cars, watching sports, telling jokes, and was an Elvis Presley and James Dean fan. Dan is preceded in death by his mother, Arlene Shaffar, his adoptive father, Samuel P. Shaffar, and biological father, Ralph Shaw. Dan is survived by his wife of 18 years, Sandy Shaffar of Hillsboro, daughter, Susan Redding and son-in-law Michael Redding of Flower Mound, brother Bob Shaffar and sister-in-law Sandra Shaffar of Converse, sister, Sandra Shaffar of San Antonio, grandchildren Andrew Redding of Dallas, Megan Redding of Tucson, great-grandchild Adam Redding of Dallas, niece Christina Ogier of Fort Stockton, nephew Steven Shaffar of Pleasanton, step children Ray Sparkman of Kuna, Idaho, Kay Day of Covington, and Tina Franks of Arlington, as well as numerous step grandchildren and step great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Steven Shaffar, Michael Redding, Andrew Redding, Frank Williams, Jerry Alexander, and Marcus Day. Memorials may be given to the American Cancer Society or the Texas Heritage Museum. We, as Dan’s family, wish to extend our sincere thanks to the doctors and nurses at Methodist Mansfield Medical Center and Mansfield Medical Lodge.

Dan Shaffar

January 19, 1943 - September 22, 2018