OUR FAMILY WAS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE HAD OUR BELOVED HUSBAND, DAD AND GRANDDAD, DICK SHAW, 82, IN OUR LIVES. IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS WE LOST HIM TO A 3 YEAR ILLNESS OF LUNG CANCER.

4TH GENERATION OREGONIAN, DICK WAS BORN TO ANNA AND BILL SHAW IN
WOODBURN AND HAS BEEN A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY.
HE GRADUATED FROM SHERIDAN HIGHS CHOOL IN 1952. ATTENDING LINFIELD COLLEGE HE ENJOYED PLAYING BASEBALL FOUR YEARS EARNING NORTHWEST CONFERENCE HONORS EACH SEASON.

DICK MARRIED HIS HIGHS CHOOL SWEETHEART, JERRUN ZOOK, IN 1955
THEIR DARLING DAUGHTER, TRACIE RAE WAS BORN IN 1962.

HE SERVED IN THE OREGON NATIONAL GUARD FOR 7 YEARS, 1957 TO 1964

JUST A FEW SHORT HOURS FROM HIS DOCTORATE HE BEGAN HIS
TEACHING CAREER. FIRST AT CENTRAL HIGHS SCHOOL WHERE HE
TAUGHT MATH AND COACHED FOOTBALL BASKETBALL AND BASEBALL
FROM 1958 TO 1963.

UPON MOVING TO SALEM HE TAUGHT AND COACHED AT NORTH SALEM HIGH SCHOOL FOR TWO YEARS.

IN 1965 HE TRANSFERRED TO MCNARY HIGH SCHOOL WHEN IT OPENED AND
REMAINED THERE UNTIL HE RETIRED IN 1993. HE WAS ALSO A PART TIME MATH INSTRUCTOR AT CHEMEKETA COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR 20 YEARS.

DICK ENJOYED THE COMFORT OF HIS HOME AND FAMILY AND OFTEN SAID IT WAS THE BEST PLACE TO BE. ALTHOUGH, FISHING WITH HIS FRIENDS WAS A FAVORITE. COLLECTING AND REFINISHING ANTIQUES WAS ALSO, A JOY. MOSTLY, THOUGH, HE MADE CERTAIN HIS LAWN WAS THE PRETTIEST ON THE STREET.

HE LEAVES BEHIND THOSE OF US TO HONOR HIS LIFE. DEVOTED WIFE OF 60 YEARS, JERRUN. CHERISHED DAUGHTER, TRACIE RAE BENCH OF PROVO, UTAH.
TREASURED GRANDCHILDREN, JARON HOLBROOK OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH AND
JESSIE CASE HOLBROOK, LAYTON, UTAH.

DICK ELEVATED US BY HIS GOODNESS. HE WAS OUR ROCK AND COMFORT.
HE ENHANCED OUR DAYS WITH GOOD HUMOR. HE BLESSED US WITH A CARING TENDER HEART AND A LISTENING EAR. HE SURROUNDED THOSE NEAR TO HIM WITH AN AIR OF STABILITY, TAKING CARE OF DETAILS AND FINDING DEEP PERSONAL JOY IN LIFE'S SIMPLE TASKS.

ALL THOSE WHO KNEW DICK WILL REMEMBER HIS GOOD HEARTED NATURE, HIS GENUINE KINDNESS AND THOUGHTFULNESS TOWARD OTHERS AND HIS LOVE OF LAUGHTER.

UPON HIS REQUEST THERE WILL BE NO SERVICE. PRIVATE INTERNMENT WILL BE AT CHAMPOEG CEMETERY.