Former Monongah High bus driver Dave Shaver passes away

Long-ago Monongah High bus driver Dave Shaver, 90, passed away Thursday.

His wife, June Snodgrass Shaver, is the sister-in-law of Donald Toothman, who is the brother of Worthington Grade School teacher Goldie Harbert, the wife of Thoburn Grade School principal Frank Harbert.

His brother, John “Buck” Shaver, is a 1960 Mannington High graduate.

His sister-in-law, Nada Metz Spencer, is a 1953 Mannington High graduate.

Dave was the school bus driver who picked up the students in Worthington and drove them safely on U.S. 19 to Monongah High.

If you have memories of Dave driving the Monongah High school bus in the 1950s, or of this Shaver family (there are other, unrelated Shaver families in MHS history), email John Olesky at jo4wvu@neo.rr.com and I’ll add the information to this MHS Alumni blog.

Dave Shaver’s obituary:

Dave Shaver
(May 5, 1922 - July 14, 2014)

Dave Shaver, 92, of Mannington, passed away on Thursday, July 17, 2014 at the Monongalia General Hospital in Morgantown. He was born May 5, 1922 at Seven Pines, a son of the late Joseph and Anna Stonkeking Shaver.

He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, June Snodgrass Shaver, whom he married July 18, 1953.

Dave was a field foreman for Carnegie Natural Gas Co. with 27½ years of service. He was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Army in the 392nd Medical Collecting Co. where he was an ambulance driver. He was involved in the Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns, and also fought in the Battle of the Bulge.

During his youth, Dave was in the CC Camp, a fact that he was proud of. He was a member of the Seven Pines Church where he served as trustee, and also the Charles Milan American Legion Post 40 in Mannington.

He also loved his farm at Seven Pines, having shared many precious memories there with his wife and family.

In addition to his wife, he also is survived by a sister, Betty Brown, a resident of the Pierpont Center in Fairmont; several nieces and nephews, and 4 sisters-in-law: Betty Snodgrass, Eva Shaver, Marie Toothman and Nada Metz Spencer.

He was preceded in death by 3 brothers: John “Buck”, Frank and Clem Shaver, a sister: Ruth Yost, 3 brothers-in-law: Edd Snodgrass, George Snodgrass and Lee Snodgrass, and a sister-in-law: Kathryn Sims.

Friends may call at the Hutson Funeral Home, 500 E. Main St., Mannington on Saturday from 2-8 p.m. where funeral services will be Sunday at 1 p.m. with Pastors Dale Parrish and Chad Hutson officiating. Interment will be in the Mannington Memorial Park Cemetery where Marion County Veterans Council will conduct full military graveside honors. 

Condolences may be accessed at www.hutsonfuneralhomes.com .