Alice Shaw

April 26, 1936 - December 21, 2017

ALICE SHAW Alice Esther Shaw, 81, of Jefferson City, Missouri, passed away Thursday, December 21, 2017 in Capital Region Medical Center, Jefferson City. She was born April 26, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of John Ralph and Gretchen Marie (Richards) Abbott. In 1963, she was united in marriage to Rodney Russell Shaw. Together they shared forty-six years of marriage before his passing on November 6, 2009. She was also preceded in death by her parents and four siblings, Evelyn Jackson, Dorothy Parrish, Eugene Abbott and Arnold Abbott. Survivors include a daughter, Linda Abbott of Jefferson City, Missouri; a son, Russell Shaw and wife Aida of Stover, Missouri; a granddaughter, Kristel Shaw of Stover, Missouri and a host of other relatives and friends. Alice was raised between Chicago and St. Louis. She later moved to Idaho where she met and married her husband and they later retired to Missouri. She was an avid Bible reader and loved going to church and participating in church activities. She enjoyed traveling and seeing music shows, especially in Branson. She was a baseball fan and was great at canning vegetables. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Stover. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Private burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery. Arrangements are under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.