Josephine Erwin Shaw

Josephine Erwin Russell Shaw
BIRTH
25 Oct 1922
High Point, Guilford County, North Carolina, USA
DEATH
16 Dec 2010 (aged 88)
Hillsborough, Orange County, North Carolina, USA
BURIAL
Maplewood Cemetery
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
MEMORIAL ID
63094198 · View Source
MEMORIAL
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Josephine Erwin Russell Shaw, 88, passed away peacefully at Carillion Assisted Living of Hillsborough at 7:00 AM on December 16, 2010. Josephine was born in High Point, NC on October 25, 1922 to Elijah Austin Russell and Ella Erwin Russell. Josephine went to school in Hamlet, NC and after graduation worked for the US Army where she met and married her husband.

Following the war, she worked along side her husband as they built a business and provided for their two sons. Both of her sons graduated from college and that was probably one of her most proud moments. In addition, she was always available to take her sons to their baseball games and watch as a proud parent.

Josephine was involved with several social groups and enjoyed the company and fellowship those friends. She was a long time Sunday school teacher at First Presbyterian Church in Durham and was rewarded with the affections of many children she took charge of.

She was a devoted wife, Mother, Grandmother, and Great-Grandmother. She will be remembered with great love and kind thoughts. Those who knew her will have many fond memories of her life and contributions.

Josephine was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin H. Shaw, Sr. and a son, Kenneth Ware Shaw.

She is survived by her son, Calvin H. Shaw, Jr. of Largo, FL; grandson, Kenneth C. Shaw and wife, Martha of Hampstead, NC; granddaughter, Courtney S. McDaniel and husband, Chris, of Concord, NC.

Family Members
Parents
Elijah Austin Russell
1890–1973

Ella McCanless
Ella Erwin McCanless
1885–1961

Spouse
Calvin Shaw
Calvin High Shaw
1919–2008 (m. 1942)

Half Siblings
Virginia Martin
Virginia McCanless Martin
1911–1983

Elizabeth Brittingham
Elizabeth McCanless Brittingham
1913–1998

Joe McCanless
Joe Cleveland McCanless
1917–1991

Children
Calvin Shaw
Calvin High Shaw
1943–2021

Kenneth Shaw
Kenneth Ware Shaw
1948–2004

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