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Visitation:
Friday, September 13, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30
a.m. at Lincoln Southern Baptist Church in Lincoln
Service:
10:30 a.m. at the church
Funeral home:
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader, Lincoln
Obituary
Dr. Dennis A. Shaw, 77, passed away
peacefully at his home on September 8, 2019 at 12:48
a.m.
Dennis was born June 25, 1942 to Thomas Colon Shaw
and Alma Burris Shaw in Fisk, Missouri. Dennis grew
up in Michigan and attended Avondale High School,
and was a member of the 1958 Oakland B League
undefeated football champions.
Dennis joined and served in the U.S. Army from
1962-1965, and was stationed at Fort Knox where he
met and married Katheryn Deckard July 19, 1963.
He graduated from Campbellsville College University,
Campbellsville, Kentucky in 1973 with a BA in
Psychology. He also graduated from Covington
Theological Seminary, Rossville, Georgia with a
Masters in Divinity and Doctorate in Ministry.
He pastored Union Band Baptist
Church, Howardstown, Kentucky. He was ordained to
the Baptist Ministry by Union Band Baptist Church.
He also worked at the Brownfield Funeral Home in
Hodgenville, Kentucky. The family moved to Richmond,
in 1974 where he pastored First Baptist Church for
seven years. He and Kathy served as home
missionaries at the Wonder Lake Baptist Church for
four years. He then served as pastor of the Como
Baptist Church in Sterling, Illinois for 12 years.
While in Sterling, he also served as Chaplain for
the Rock Falls Police Department. He then served as
pastor of the Lincoln Southern Baptist Church,
Lincoln, Illinois for 20 years, and worked for the
Secretary of State of Illinois for several years,
retiring on November 30, 2008.
He is author of “Mental Illness & the Bible” and
“Seeing is Believing.” |
He was preceded in death by his
parents; stepfather, Fred Moore; sister and
brother-in-law, Wanda and Ray Moore; three brothers
and sisters-in-law, Calvin and Marilyn Shaw, Tom
Shaw, Douglas Shaw; and one brother-in-law, Fred
Delaney.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy Shaw; his sister,
Betty Delaney of Parrish, Florida; his brother, Dave
(Delores) Shaw of Marion, Indiana; his
sister-in-law, Joey Shaw of Florida; his five
grandchildren, Joanna (Jonathan) Chipman of Frisco,
Texas, Sarah Toussaint of Palmetto Springs, Georgia,
Justus (Mallory) Toussaint of Bloomington, Tyler
Shaw of Sterling, and Hunter Shaw of Sterling; five
great-grandchildren, Connor, Jesse, Beckett, Austin,
and Beric. He is also survived by several nieces and
nephews.
Visitation will be held on Friday, September 13,
2019 from 9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. with funeral to
follow at 10:30am, both held at Lincoln Southern
Baptist Church in Lincoln, Illinois with Dr. Lanny
Faulkner officiating. Meal to follow the services at
the church; burial will be held at 2:00pm on Friday,
September 13, 2019 at Camp Butler National Cemetery
in Springfield.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to
the family to help pay medical expenses.
Services have been entrusted to
Fricke-Calvert-Schrader Funeral Home, Lincoln.
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