Clair Marvin News Today

A love of square dancing brought together these long-time friends after their spouses passed.

Surrounded by his family, Clair Marvin “Butch” Shaffer, passed away peacefully at Good Samaritan Village in Moscow on March 2, 2021. Butch was born March 13, 1935, in Sandpoint to Jesse and Catherine Shaffer. The youngest of 12 children, he was given the nickname Butch as a young boy by his older siblings. The nickname suited him and stayed with him the remainder of his life. He attended Sandpoint public schools and graduated from high school in 1953. He was Student Body President his...