Kay Louise Shaffer, 64, died Saturday, September 16, 2006 at the Albany Medical Center Hospital. She had been in a coma since August 30 after suffering a stroke just prior to attending a musical performance at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Kay was a 34-year resident of Albany. She was a faculty member and librarian at the University at Albany SUNY, best known for her work as a bibliographer for linguistics, Russian and East European Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Anthropology and Sociology. She was an active and giving participant in the performing arts community, much admired for her singing with Albany Pro Musica, St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Congregation Beth Emeth. Her life was full of joy and celebration, especially when sharing time and activities with her friends, too numerous to list, but all remembered for the frequent visits and generous encouragement with which they blessed Kay in her final days. She is survived by her brother, Gary S. Shaffer of Norfolk, Va. and his three adult children, to whom she was always a loving aunt, Lindsay G. Shaffer of Daytona Beach, Fla., Dana W.R. Shaffer of Norfolk and Whitney Price Shaffer of Sweet Briar College, Amherst, Va. A memorial service and celebration commemorating Kay will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Albany beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, 2006. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Kay may be made to the Kay Shaffer Memorial Music Fund, c/o St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 21 Hackett Blvd., Albany, NY 12208.
Kay Louise Shaffer, 64, died Saturday, September 16, 2006 at the Albany Medical Center Hospital. She had been in a coma since August 30 after suffering a stroke just prior to attending a musical performance at Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Kay was a 34-year resident of Albany. She was a faculty member and librarian at the University at Albany SUNY, best known for her work as a bibliographer for linguistics, Russian and East European Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Anthropology and Sociology. She was an active and giving participant in the performing arts community, much admired for her singing with Albany Pro Musica, St. Paul's Episcopal Church and Congregation Beth Emeth. Her life was full of joy and celebration, especially when sharing time and activities with her friends, too numerous to list, but all remembered for the frequent visits and generous encouragement with which they blessed Kay in her final days. She is survived by her brother, Gary S. Shaffer of Norfolk, Va. and his three adult children, to whom she was always a loving aunt, Lindsay G. Shaffer of Daytona Beach, Fla., Dana W.R. Shaffer of Norfolk and Whitney Price Shaffer of Sweet Briar College, Amherst, Va. A memorial service and celebration commemorating Kay will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Albany beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 21, 2006. In lieu of flowers, contributions in memory of Kay may be made to the Kay Shaffer Memorial Music Fund, c/o St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 21 Hackett Blvd., Albany, NY 12208.
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