12/6/12 - Friends and family are remembering the life of a murdered Pinckney man who will be laid to rest Friday. 34-year-old Charles Shiffman was stabbed to death after being confronted by the husband of a Rose Township woman last weekend. Shiffmanâs sister Elyse Frankford says the news was a shock and has been hitting everyone in waves and the way in which he was taken from them, she wouldn't wish on anyone. 37-year-old Ronald Lewis Kennedy was arrested and charged for Shiffmanâs murder. Family members say Shiffman had only recently re-connected with the woman, who they described as an old friend seeking help from an abusive situation. WHMI has also learned that Kennedy served prison time for a December 2007 incident in Livingston County in which he beat his wife unconscious for turning on the heat in their home. Frankford tells WHMI her brother was a generous man and itâs the familyâs hope that Kennedy will never walk free again. She says the idea he has hurt someone like that before is nauseating and hopes he spends the rest of his life behind bars. Funeral services for Shiffman are planned at 11am tomorrow at the Mowen Funeral Home in Owosso, with burial to follow at Oak Hill Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family is seeking donations for his 5-year-old daughter Autumn Marie Shiffman. Frankford says her brother would have wanted his daughter cared for and a unified gift to minors account has been set up at the First National Bank in Howell. Shiffmanâs family also invites friends and others who knew him to a memorial service on Saturday at 1pm at the New Century Buffet in Howell. (JM)
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