Jessie K. Shaffer

June 20, 1921 - July 26, 2018

Jessie K. Shaffer (nee Connell), age 97, of Moorestown, NJ and formerly of East Camden, NJ where she lived for over 50 years, passed away peacefully on July 26, 2018. Jessie worked in a factory, children's clothing, and a housemother for nursing students at Cooper Medical. In her later years, she worked as a live-in companion. She enjoyed bingo, music, reading, puzzles, and cooking for her family. Jessie also loved to travel with family and friends. Jessie is predeceased by her daughter, Jesse Dixon; her parents, Walter and Blanche Connell; and eight siblings. She is survived by her daughters, Janet McGuckin and her husband Joe, and Lynn Shaffer; sisters, Eleanor Bugno and Catherine Craig; grandchildren, Richard, Joseph, Barbara, Karen, Charles, Paul, Robert, and Scott; as well as nineteen beloved great grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. In lieu of flowers the family requests for donations to be made in honor of Jessie to the Alzheimer's Foundation at www.alzfdn.org Relatives and friends are invited to attend her visitation on July 31, 2018 from 9:30am-10:30am at Inglesby and Sons Funeral Home, located 2426 Cove Rd., Pennsauken, NJ 08109. A funeral ceremony will begin at 10:30am at the funeral home. Jessie will be laid to rest at Bethel Memorial Park in Pennsauken, NJ. To post photos, share a memory, or send an online condolence, please visit www.inglesbyfuneralhome.com.