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SHAW, John M. 1921-2016

SHAW, CARROLL, MULDER, JACKSON

Posted By: K.L. Kittleson
Date: 4/14/2016 at 20:32:58

John M. Shaw

Biography--

John M. Shaw, 94, of Waterloo, Iowa, died Wednesday, April 13, at Northgate Care Center in Waukon.

He was born December 12, 1921, in Hopeville, Iowa, son of Boyd Milton and Sarah Grace Jackson Shaw.

He married Donna Kathleen Carroll June 6, 1941 in Waterloo. She died November 20, 1985. He then married Elizabeth Ilene Mulder October 11, 1986 in Waterloo. She died September 17, 2003.

John graduated from Iowa State Teachers College High School, Cedar Falls, in 1939.

He served in the Pacific Theater for Operations the United States Army during World War II. He drove a milk route for Walnut Dairy Farms 1939-1942; farmed in Butler and Black Hawk Counties 1948-1963 and was a machinist for Schoitz Engineering Co. 1963-1990.

He has been a member of Walnut Ridge Baptist Church since 1957. He was Sunday School Superintendent for several years, taught the Young Married Couples Sunday School Class, and was Chairman of the Board of Deacons.

He was saved at Hagerman Baptist Chapel during Evangelistic meetings with Merv Rosell in 1940 when Maynard Rogers was pastor. He loved to fish every summer for over 20 years in Canada. He enjoyed hunting deer in Wyoming and Missouri and continued to winter in Mesa, AZ for many years.

John is survived by his children: a son, Brent (Cathy) Shaw of Kansas City, Mo., a daughter, Faith (Roger) Ericson of Lansing, Iowa; a daughter-in-law, Jane Shaw of Riverside, Calif.; a son-in-law, John Segebarth of Sun Prairie, Wis., 14 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and a sister-in-law, Delilah Shaw of Fountain Hills, Ariz.

He was preceded in death by his wives; a daughter, Ramona Segebarth; a son Jon Shaw; a granddaughter, Amanda; a great-granddaughter, Cassandra; a great-grandson, Avery; three brothers: Russell, Wayne, and Merrill Shaw; and a
special friend, Peg Haycraft.

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Funeral Services:
Tuesday, April 19, 2016 at Walnut Ridge Baptist Church, Waterloo

Cemetery:
Cedar Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Cedar Falls with Military Rites by the Cedar Falls Amvets Post #49 and Iowa Army National Guard Honors

Memorials:
The Shepherd’s Home, 1805 15th Avenue, Union Grove, Wisconsin 53182

Source: Locke Funeral Home


 

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