Mrs. Shaver was born in Ochiltree County, Texas on February 22, 1921 to Linus and Ruby Taylor. After graduation she attended Fleming Business College and worked as a bookkeeper for several years. She and Lester Shaver were married on November 25, 1950 in Portales, New Mexico. The couple would have celebrated their sixty year anniversary next month. Together, they enjoyed collecting antiques and Velma had a talent for restoring and refinishing those items to original beauty.She was preceded in death by three sisters and one brother. Velma is survived by her husband Lester Shaver; three sisters, Beulah Madden of Lamar, CO, Lucille Briscoe of Clovis, NM and Pauline Erwin of Amarillo, TX; and by several loving nieces and nephews.