Mrs. Pearl Shaw is taken by death Mrs. Pearl Shaw, 65, of 121 North 15th street, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Adams county memorial hospital at 10:45 a.m. Monday. She had been in failing health for several years and had been hospitalized for the past seven weeks. She had been dismissed from the hospital Sunday evening but became ill again Monday morning. She was born in Adams county Aug. 22, 1902, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Topp-Hendricks. Her first husband, Vinton Ray, preceded her in death in 1940. She was married to John Shaw May 8, 1948, and he died Nov. 29, 1959. Surviving are two sons, George E. Ray of Joplin, Mo., and Chester W. Ray of Nortonville, Ky.; a daughter, Mrs. Doris (Geraldine) Morin of Fort Wayne; four brothers, Richard and Elmer Hendricks of Decatur, Charles Hendricks of Berne, and Herman Hendricks of Gary; four sisters, Mrs. Alice Murphy of New Corydon, Miss Sarah Hendricks of Decatur, Mrs. Doyle (Josephine) Hendricks, of Dayton, O., and Mrs. Eddie (Cora) McFarland of Decatur route 6; 1? grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One sister and two brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simson Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in Studebaker cemetery near Berne. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today until time of the services.
Mrs. Pearl Shaw is taken by death Mrs. Pearl Shaw, 65, of 121 North 15th street, was pronounced dead on arrival at the Adams county memorial hospital at 10:45 a.m. Monday. She had been in failing health for several years and had been hospitalized for the past seven weeks. She had been dismissed from the hospital Sunday evening but became ill again Monday morning. She was born in Adams county Aug. 22, 1902, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Topp-Hendricks. Her first husband, Vinton Ray, preceded her in death in 1940. She was married to John Shaw May 8, 1948, and he died Nov. 29, 1959. Surviving are two sons, George E. Ray of Joplin, Mo., and Chester W. Ray of Nortonville, Ky.; a daughter, Mrs. Doris (Geraldine) Morin of Fort Wayne; four brothers, Richard and Elmer Hendricks of Decatur, Charles Hendricks of Berne, and Herman Hendricks of Gary; four sisters, Mrs. Alice Murphy of New Corydon, Miss Sarah Hendricks of Decatur, Mrs. Doyle (Josephine) Hendricks, of Dayton, O., and Mrs. Eddie (Cora) McFarland of Decatur route 6; 1? grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. One sister and two brothers are deceased. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Zwick funeral home, with the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Simson Schmitt officiating. Burial will be in Studebaker cemetery near Berne. Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. today until time of the services.
Family Members
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Alice E. Hendricks Murphy
1898–1991
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Mary Belle Hendricks Affolder
1900–1964
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Sarah A. Hendricks
1904–1971
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Cora Ellen Hendricks McFarland
1906–1971
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Joseph Alfred Hendricks
1908–1959
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Josephine M. Hendricks Hendricks
1911–1995
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James Wilson Hendricks
1913–1931
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Elmer John Hendricks
1915–1979
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Charles Chalmers Hendricks
1917–1981
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Richard Leo Hendricks
1920–1971
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Herman Harold Hendricks
1924–1977
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