SHAW, Kermit 1914-2019
SHAW
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Date: 11/7/2024 at 16:45:13
KERMIT SHAW
2/3/1914 – 8/11/1978
OELWEIN, IOWA - Funeral services were held Monday, August 14, 1978, at the Christ United Presbyterian
Church in Oelwein for Kermit R. Shaw, 64, of Oelwein, who died Friday at Mercy Hospital in Oelwein.Mr. Shaw was born in Oelwein, Iowa, to Mr. and Mrs. Hardy Shaw on February 3, 1914. Kermit graduated Oelwein High School and went on to received his college degree at Upper Iowa University at Fayette where he was all conference end in football for two years. An item in the local paper in 1944 said Kermit had signed a contract to teach mathematics, industrial arts and coach in the Sumner High School.
His career also included positions at Clemons, Livermore, Gladbrook, St. Ansgar and Newton (not necessarily in that order.)
Survivors include his wife, Ruth, whom he married in 1938; one son, Howard Shaw of Racine, Wisconsin; one daughter, Mrs James (Sandra) Coleman of Boca Raton, Florida; six grandchildren and three sisters and one brother.
Burial was in Woodlawn cemetery. Hintz Funeral Home in Oelwein was in charge of arrangements.
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