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Thomas R. Shaw, 90

Thomas R. Shaw, 90, of Fremont died Wednesday, May 13, 2015, in the Fremont Health Medical Center. He was born to Homer and Lois (Zahniser) Shaw on Jan. 14, 1925, in Grove City, Pa., where he grew up and attended school. He served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1946. He was on an LST ship and saw duty in Guam, Japan and the Philippines building bridges and runways. On June 23, 1947, Thomas was married to Flo Rohr in Greenville, Pa. Thomas worked for the Cooper Bessemer Co. for 35 years as a diesel mechanic doing installation work in power plants. For the next 13 years, he worked on his own doing the same kind of work. In 1962, Thomas and Flo moved to Nebraska, living in Omaha, Blair, and then Fremont.

Thomas is survived by his wife Flo; children: Rev. Tom and wife Becky Shaw of Sioux Falls, S.D., Darwin and wife Joanne Shaw of Boiling Springs, S.C., Lois and husband Martin Krohn of Fremont; grandchildren: Jason (Angela) Shaw of Sioux Falls, S.D., Tammy (Brian) Sherman of Gretna, Lynde Shaw of Boiling Springs, S.C., Emily Krohn, Erin Krohn and Elizabeth Krohn of Fremont, Barbi Tyler of Broken Arrow, Okla., Terri (Bob) Erixon of Missouri Valley, Iowa, Amy (Mike) Stephens of Delta Junction, Alaska, and Rick (Tonya) Shaw of Blandenboro, N.C.; 12 great-grandchildren; brother William (June) Shaw of Dalton, Ohio; and sister Donna Furia of Hadley, Pa.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Homer and Lois; two sons: Richard and Homer; and three brothers.

The funeral service will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 18, at Fremont Church of the Nazarene with Rev. Tom Shaw officiating. The committal will follow in Memorial Cemetery with military honors by the Fremont Honor Guard of American Legion Post 20 and VFW Post 854. Memorials are suggested to the Fremont Church of the Nazarene and the Reach Church of the Nazarene of Sioux Falls, S.D. Visitation will be Sunday with the family present from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Ludvigsen Mortuary Chapel.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~