OBIT: William P. SHAW, Dr., 1933, Berlin, Somerset County, PA

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DR. W. P. SHAW

Dr. William P. Shaw, aged 65, Burgess of Berlin Borough and resident physician
of Berlin for 40 years, died last Monday night at the Memorial Hospital,
Cumberland, Md., following an operation two weeks ago. He had been in failing
health for the last year. He was a patient at the Cumberland Hospital several
months ago and returned to his home, but again entered the institution two weeks
ago for a second operation.

Dr. Shaw was born at the famous stone house along the National Highway, near
Grantsville, a son of George Shaw.

He received his early education in the Garrett County schools and taught school
for a short time before entering the medical school of the University of
Maryland. After graduating from that institution he located in Berlin, where he
had since been engaged in the practice of medicine.

Dr. Shaw was a staunch Democrat. He served many years on the Berlin Borough
School Board and the Borough Council, and two years ago was elected Burgess.

Dr. Shaw was a prominent figure in the religious, social and civic life of the
Berlin community for the last 25 years. He was a member of the Reformed Church,
and was active in the affairs of the congregation.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Harriet (Shaffer) Shaw, a native of Middletown,
Md., and two daughters, Miss Mary Elizabeth Shaw, a nurse in training at the
Cumberland Memorial Hospital, and Miss Helen Louise Shaw, at home. Two brothers
and a sister also survive.

The body was prepared for burial by J.N. Johnson & Son, Berlin morticians.
Funeral services were conducted Thursday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at his late
home. Rev. D. Snider Stephan, pastor of Trinity Reformed Church, officiated.
Interment was made in the Shaw family plot in the Grantsville, Md., cemetery, in
charge of the Meyersdale Masonic Lodge, of which Dr. Shaw was a member.


Additional Comments:
obituary courtesy of Meyersdale Pubic Library, Meyersdale, Pa.

Meyersdale Republican 16 March 1933