Mary Margaret \u201cPeg\u201d (Shaffer) Filson, 80, of RD1 Box 203 Hesston, Pa. died Monday, December 3, 2007 at 5:20 a.m. at the residence.
\nShe was born June 3, 1927 in Altoona, a daughter of Harold Shaffer and Pauline (Buechele) Shaffer.
\nHer grandparents were G.W. and Dana Shaffer, founders of the Shaffer Stores in Altoona.
\nOn September 24, 1951 in Winchester, VA she was married by the Reverend Schribner to James Alan Filson who survives.
\nShe is also survived by one son and two daughters: Barry Jay \u201cBJ\u201d Filson and his wife Ellen of Hesston, Pauline \u201cSis\u201d (Filson) Hetrick and her husband Chris of Hesston and Pamela (Filson) Prosser of Hesston; three grandchildren, Melissa Mae Filson, Benjamin James Filson and S. Maxwell Prosser, all of Hesston.
\nShe was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers and one sister: Robert Shaffer, Betty (Shaffer) McGregor and Donald Shaffer.
\nShe was raised in the Roman Catholic Church and was a member of the Jacobs Church of Hesston.
\nShe was a former member of the Altoona Symphony Orchestra, a former member of the Raystown Ski Club at the \u201cOld Dam\u201d, organized the boat races and ski shows at the \u201cOld Dam\u201d, served as a Cub Scout Den Mother and as a Scout Leader, was a former Girl Scout Leader, served on the Huntingdon Area School District Board of Directors and was a former member of the Huntingdon Soroptomist Club.
\nShe also served on the Board of Directors of the North\/South Shortway and its successor organization, the Huntingdon County Tourist Promotion Agency and served as Committee Chair for the development of the \u201cRaystown Country Sampler\u201d cookbooks.
\nShe attended Adam Elementary, Roosevelt Junior High and Altoona High School and graduated from Juniata College with the Class of 1947.
\nMrs. Filson was a Home Economics teacher in Snowshoe, Hublersburg, State College and the Huntingdon County Vo-Tech. She was co-founder of Jim\u2019s Anchorage in 1947 and helped establish 7 Points Marina and was employed for 20 years by Anchorage Enterprise, Inc. She also developed Sunshine Acres Vacation Rentals and was founder of Raystown Wireless, Inc.
\nIn 1935 she christened the first Cruise Boat \u201cScoutabout\u201d on Raystown Dam that was purchased by G.W. Shaffer at the Chicago World\u2019s Fair. She was an accomplished violinist with the Altoona Symphony and an avid gardener and landscaper.
\nMrs. Filson was a gourmet cook. She adored her grandchildren, enjoyed reading, houseboating, traveling and birdwatching. The greatest joy in her life was her family.
\nThe most trying experience was having to leave her home and heritage at the Old Raystown Dam.
\nThe family has requested that there be no public viewing or visitation.
\nA private funeral service will be held at the convenience of the family.
\nIn lieu of flowers memorial contributions are requested for the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital Foundation, Warm Springs Avenue, Huntingdon, Pa. 16652 or Jacobs Church, RD1, Hesston, Pa. 16647 or the Huntingdon County Humane Society, 11371 School House Hollow Road, Huntingdon, Pa or Home Nursing Agency, Hospice Program, 900 Bryan Street, Suite 7, Huntingdon, Pa. 16652.
\nServices are under the direction of the John B. Brown Funeral Home, Inc., 417 Washington Street, Huntingdon, Pa. 16652.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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