Shaw, Sylvia E. “Sally” – 1942-2008

DONAHUE, ELLIOTT, RIHERD, SHAW, UTTERBACK, VANVARK, VERMEER

Posted By: JCGS Volunteer
Date: 12/12/2008 at 21:04:18

Private family funeral services for Sylvia E. “Sally”(Riherd) Shaw of Newton will be Tuesday, Dec. 9, and are entrusted to the Pence-Reese Funeral Home in Newton. A public visitation with the family present, will be from 5 until 7 p.m. today, Dec. 8, at the Pence-Reese Funeral Home.
Sylvia E. “Sally” Shaw, 66, the daughter of James Kenneth and Sibyl M. (Donahue) Riherd was born Feb. 1, 1942, in Knoxville. A resident of the Red Rock area through the eighth grade, she graduated from the Monroe Senior High School, class of 1960. She then moved to the Newton area.
On Jan. 24, 1963, Sally was united in marriage to Monfred John Shaw in Colfax. She was employed by the Maytag Company, retiring in the late 1980s as a dryer inspector. She also was a home health aid and was a Red Cross volunteer at the Iowa State Fair and for the ski patrol.
Sally was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who loved spending time with her family and friends. She enjoyed reading, antiques and crocheting.
Sally died on Dec. 5, 2008, in the Monarch Wing of Skiff Medical Center in Newton.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her sister-in-law, Shirley Riherd.
Those left to honor the memory of Sally include her two daughters, Kelly Lynn (Tony) VerMeer and Teresa Jo (Kent) VanVark, all of Pella; her two sons, Tony Michael Shaw of Arizona and Eddy Paul (Heidi) Elliott of Rochester, Minn.; her 13 grandchildren, Jacob, Emma, Maxwell, Lisa, Lindsay, Kelsey, TeeJay, Kendra, Kegan, Benjamin, Brady, Destenie and Paige; her three great-grandchildren; her sister, JaneRuth (Randy) Utterback of Newton; two brothers, Jimmy Riherd of Pella and Phillip (Barbara) Riherd of Bangor, Maine; and many nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be designated in Sally’s name or to the Hospice of Jasper County.
Source: Newton(IA) Daily News; Mon, Dec. 8, 2008