Thomas Smallshaw's obituary, Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan

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SUBJECT: Thomas U. Smallshaw
SUBMITTER: William Smallshaw
EMAIL: ptbuff@prodigy.net
DATE: May 12, 1999
SURNAMES: SMALLSHAW, LASSEY, SPECK, MYERS, BLACKMORE
Man of 229,950 Hair Cuts Dies At 92 On West Coast

A former Adrian barber who estimated on the occasion of his retirement
in 1947 that he had handled the shears, clippers and conversation for 229,950
hair cuts died Saturday in San Diego. He was Thomas C. [sic] SMALLSHAW,
92 years old.

Mr. SMALLSHAW died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Doris LASSEY. He left
Adrian to live with his daughter and other relatives on the coast in 1948.
Mrs. SMALLSHAW died in San Diego five years ago. Three years ago Mr. SMALLSHAW
suffered a broken hip in a fall. He had been confined to his bed and a
wheel chair since.

Mr. SMALLSHAW was a barber for 63 years, learning the trade in Detroit.
He opened his first shop in Adrian in the old Family Theater building on
North Main Street and then for 47 years was located at 137 South Main Street
the present location of the Ric & Jim barber shop. Joseph KINGSBURY was
associated with Mr. SMALLSHAW in the shop for 42 years.

Mr. SMALLSHAW was born in Buffalo, N.Y. He was a past master of the Adrian
Masonic lodge. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clyde [sic] (Myrtle)
SPECK of Toledo, and Mrs. LASSEY, ten grandchildren, 18 great grandchildren
and one great-great grandchild. Mrs. Harold MARVIN of Adrian is a granddaughter.
The funeral services were at Pacific Beach Funeral Home in San Diego. Burial
was in Mount Hope Cemetery. Masonic services were conducted at the grave.

Adrian Daily Telegram
April 16, 1958

Transcribed by William B. SMALLSHAW