Rosemarie A. (Tognoli) Shafer, 82, of North Whitehall Township, died peacefully Jan. 3, 2026, while a guest at Fellowship Community. She was the daughter of the late Margaret (Molchany) Tognoli and Joseph Tognoli. She was the wife of David Frederick.

She worked as an administrative assistant at Cutshall Insurance Agency and Wainwright Travel upon graduation from Allentown Central Catholic High School in 1961. She and her husband Eric Shafer Sr. owned the Quik-Stop Superette grocery stores from 1978-1989. After the sale of the grocery stores, she returned to Cutshall Insurance Agency in 1990 as an administrative assistant and finished her career in the same role with Lincoln Financial Insurance where she retired in 2001.

Post retirement, she was actively involved with Holy Trinity parish and managed their basket party fundraisers for several years and counted collections Monday mornings, along with many other volunteer activities. She liked to travel with friends and her husband, David and visited nearly every country in Europe after her retirement.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by son, Eric, of Pittsburgh; stepsons Scott Frederick (Deema), Kevin Frederick (Deanna), both of Allentown; grandchildren, Cecilia, Evan, Nova Frederick; sister-in-law, Mary Anne (Shafer) Haney, of Bath; six nieces; two nephews; several cousins.

She was predeceased by her husband, Eric Sr.; son, Kevin; sister, Marianna Dolan and her husband, Robert; brother, Joseph Tognoli and his wife, Sylvia (Yale).

Her Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Msgr. Daniel J. Yenushosky 2 p.m. Jan. 9 in Holy Trinity Catholic Church, 4456 Main St., Whitehall, 18052, where her family will receive guests beginning 1 p.m. For those who wish to honor her with a memorial contribution, her family suggests a donation to Shriner’s Hospitals for Children, P.O. Box 947765 Atlanta, GA 30394, www.lovetotherescue.org; The American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 6704, Hagerstown, MD 21741, www.cancer.org or The American Heart Association, P.O. Box 840692, Dallas, TX 75284-0692, www.heart.org.

The Gilbert Funeral Home of Whitehall is honored to handle her arrangements