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Mary Shaw 
Mary Shaw - November 23, 2004
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Monday, November 29, 2004 9:34 AM CST Perfect Mom
By Marcus Shaw
She was the perfect mom to us,
An angel sent our way,
And memories will not forget,
The love she brought each day.
She has affected all our lives,
Plain words cannot express,
The joys we’ve shared and times we’ve had,
Her pain’s been put to rest.
Her family meant the world to her,
She loved them very much,
And mom was always strong with hope,
She had a soft, sweet touch.
Her eyes shined bright at Christmas time,
A twinkle we could see,
And sometimes she would ask our help,
To build that ten foot tree.
When someone speaks about our mom,
The tell us that her smile,
Would melt the frowns and never fade,
And walk that endless mile.
She lived life in the best of ways,
With kindness in her heart,
And always putting others first,
This was her special part.
Each summer we took a family trip,
Up north from here we’d go,
Mom loved to fish and spend her nights,
With dad near fires glow.
God says for us to love our work,
Mom loved the kids she taught,
As teacher’s aid she helped them gain,
A sense of life’s hard plot.
She kept our family on good terms,
Our mentor and our mom,
She loved for us to get good grades,
And help dad with the lawn.
To all her friends I’d like to say,
You made her life complete,
She talked about you everyday,
Your words were very sweet.
Mom waits for us in heaven now,
To greet us when we come,
She’ll be with us until that time,
Her spirit is our sun.
Dad, Ryan, Brett, and I,
Have held her with our palms,
And we know that she’ll always be,
The perfect wife and mom.
Mary Shaw
CHAMPAIGN – Mary Kay Shaw, 48, of Champaign died at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday (Nov. 23, 2004) at home.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Morgan Memorial Home, 1304 Regency Drive West, Savoy. The Rev. Mark Merdian and the Rev. Jerry Nichols will officiate. Burial with be in the Prairie View Cemetery, Savoy.
Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with a Catholic wake service at 4:30 p.m.
Mrs. Shaw was born Feb. 27, 1956, in Tuscola, a daughter of Ray and Betty Meinhart Kennedy. She married Marc Shaw on Aug. 1, 1981, in Tuscola. He survives.
Also surviving are her parents of Tuscola; three sons, Marcus Shaw, Ryan Shaw and Brett Shaw, of Champaign; five brothers, Ron Kennedy of Columbia, Mo., Mike Kennedy of LaPort, Texas, John Kennedy of Tuscola, and Bob Kennedy and Tim Shaw, both of Champaign; and five sisters, Janice Puffer of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nancy Nickell of Mahomet, Marsha Wagner of Pekin, Carolyn Rehagen of St. Peters, Mo., and Christie Ramshaw of Champaign.
Mrs. Shaw graduated from Parkland College, Champaign, and worked for Champaign Unit 4 school districs as a teacher’s assistant for 11 years, working with children with special needs. She also worked at the University of Illinois in the Conferences and Institutes Department for several years.
She was a member of St. Matthew Catholic Church, Champaign, and the Centennial Football Boosters. She volunteered at Bondville United Methodist Church and participated in several Relay For Life cancer functions.
Memorial may be made to the St. Matthew Catholic Church Parish Fund, 1303 Lincolnshire Drive, Champaign, IL 61821; or to Bondville United Methodist Church Chior, P.O. Box 155, Bondville, IL 61815.
Obituary published in the News Gazette, Wednesday November 24, 2004
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