Stephen R. Shaffer

March 18, 1956 — October 6, 2026

Gardner, Kansas

Stephen R. Shaffer, age 70 of Gardner, Kansas, passed away at the Olathe Hospice House on Tuesday, October 6, 2026. He was born the son of Robert and Beverly Jean Richards-Shaffer in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 18, 1956. He graduated from Liberty High School.

Stephen served his country for four years in the United States Marine Corps. He married Elizabeth Ann Springer on May 15, 1992, in North Kansas City, Missouri. Stephen worked for 35 years at the Kansas Gas Service, from which he retired.

He loved mowing grass, the Kansas City Chiefs, he was a huge dog person, reading science fiction, there was not a vehicle that he could not drive, he even had drove a semi for Penske, was also a school bus driver for a time and had a big collection of tools and loved collecting them.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a sister, Patricia Shaffer. Stephen is survived by his wife, Ann; a step-daughter, Amanda Jackson and husband, Brandon; a brother, Mitchell S. Shaffer; a sister, Terry Evans; and two grandchildren, Harper L. and Hendrix L. Jackson.

There are no services scheduled at this time.

(Published in the Linn County Journal on October 14, 2026.)