Catherine Shaw's Obituary
Our beloved mother and friend Catherine Shaw of Decatur, Illinois departed this life on Thursday, November 03, 2005 from her daughters home.
Funeral service will be Tuesday, November 8, 2005 at 11 a.m. at St. Peters AME Church. Visitation will be Monday November 7, 2005 from 6-8 p.m. at Moran & Goebel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Family was important to Catherine; she raised not only her own children, but also provided daycare and fostered several children over her lifetime. She was a loving parent who accepted Christ at a very young age, and she was a proud to be a member of St. Peter's AME Church. Catherine led an exemplary life of service as a Sunday school teacher, bible-school teacher, and pianist for the children's choir over several years. She devoted herself to many organizations such as The Big Sisters, The Daughters of Allen, The Stewardess Board, The NAACP, and she volunteered at Decatur Memorial Hospital and at the Park District. She gave this world 89 years of love and service.
Catherine was born on February 10, 1916 in Decatur, Illinois to the union of Samuel Jordan and Anna Wright. She married Harrington Shaw in 1936; he preceded her in death in 1962. To this union seven children were born.
She leaves to cherish her memories: her children; Harrington Oretha Shaw Jr. of Dallas, TX, Kimber and Martin Shaw of Chicago, IL, Mary Catherine Aaron Hodges of Forsyth, IL, nineteen grandchildren, fifteen great grandchildren, three great great grandchildren, four special foster children and a host of other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents, six sisters, a brother, her daughters Sonia Elizabeth and Beatrice Ann, and her son Patrick.
The family would like to offer a special thanks to Cancer Care and the Hospice Workers.
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