OBIT: Donald L. SHAW, Sr., 2000, Duncansville, Blair County, PA

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DONALD L. SHAW, SR.

  Donald L. Shaw Sr., 81, 1141 Sixth Ave., Duncansville, formerly of 
Hollidaysburg, died Thursday evening, Nov. 30, 2000, at Altoona 
Hospital.
  He was born Nov. 30, 1919, in Altoona, son of the late Ira and Grace 
(Martz) Shaw. He married Audrie R. Mentzer Sept. 12, 1941, in 
Cumberland, Md. She died July 4, 1983.
  Mr. Shaw was a member of First United Methodist Church, 
Hollidaysburg.
  He retired from SKF Inc., Altoona, in November 1983 as a machining 
inspector with 20 years of service, and also was a barber in Gaysport 
for many years.
  Mr. Shaw was a 1938 graduate of Hollidaysburg High School.
  He was a Navy veteran of WWII.
  Mr. Shaw was a member of Hollidaysburg American Legion, Fraternal 
Order of Eagles, Bellwood; Newburg Fire Association, Altoona; Jaffa 
Temple, Juniata Lodge of F&AM, Altoona Consistory, and Veterans of 
Foreign Wars Post No. 3
  Surviving are a son, Tommy D. of Revloc, Pa.; a daughter, Tammie Ann 
Reffner of West Loop; a brother, Clyde of Clinton, Ohio; a sister, 
Hilda Hauser of Duncansville; three grandchildren: Dawn Marie Montano 
of Lebanon, Pa., Erin Diehl of West Loop and Rob Reffner of West Loop; 
and one great-granddaughter, Katana Montano of Lebanon, Pa.
  He was preceded in death by a son, Donald L. Jr., who died Oct. 25, 
1972; a brother, Paul; and a sister, Hazel Boop.
  Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Plank Stitt and Stevens 
Funeral Home, 421 Montgomery St., Hollidaysburg, by the Rev. Dr. D.L. 
Brinton Shafer. Interment at Carson Valley Cemetery. Friends will be 
received from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Altoona Mirror, Saturday, 2 December 2000, p. A9, col. 4