OBIT: Dorothy A. (QUARRY) SHAW, 2003, McKee, Blair County, PA

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DOROTHY A. SHAW

Dorothy A. Shaw, 91, of McKee, East Freedom RD, died Sunday morning, 
Nov. 16, 2003, at the Presbyterian Home of Hollidaysburg. She was born 
Jan. 21, 1912, in Saxton, the daughter of Harry B. and Annie M. 
(Rhodes) Quarry. She married Dean F. Shaw in April 1930. Mr. Shaw died 
in August 1966. She was a member of McKee United Methodist Church and 
served as a former Sunday school and Bible school teacher in the 
church. She retired from the East Freedom Elementary School cafeteria 
after 25 years of service. She was a 1930 graduate of Roaring Spring 
High School. She served as a volunteer in the laboratory and snack bar 
at Nason Hospital, Roaring Spring, for 20 years. She is survived by a 
son, James H.; and a daughter, Lois Woomer, both of McKee; and several 
grandchildren; great-grandchildren; and great-great-grandchildren. She 
also is survived by Clifford Thompson of East Sharpsburg, Roaring 
Spring RD, who was raised by Dorothy's father and mother in the family 
home. Friends will be received from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday in 
The J. Gary Thompson Funeral Home, Roaring Spring, where funeral 
services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday by Pastor Charles Baughman. 
Interment in Greenlawn Cemetery, Roaring Spring. In lieu of flowers, 
memorial contributions may be given to McKee United Methodist Church or 
the Presbyterian Home.

Altoona Mirror, Thursday, 27 November 2003, p. A11, col. 2