Kenneth Shaw


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Posted Online: Jan. 20, 2013, 8:55 pm
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Kenneth E. Shaw, 92, of Resthave, Morrison, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2013, at the home.
Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at Bosma-Renkes, Morrison, with visitation 9-11 a.m. Burial of cremains is a later date at Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison.
He married Grace Reed-Wagner March 26, 1955. She died in 1975. He married Dorothy Keller-Knox Aug. 27, 1977.
Surviving are his wife; daughters, Vicky Stuckey, Florida, Ruth Brunner and Mary Nurre, Ohio; stepdaughters, Gail Smith, Peggy Ottens and Kris Deets, Morrison; many grandchildren; and two siblings.














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