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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, IL 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 fout 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 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.”
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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 son:
Clinton (Teri) Shaw of Sterling; one daughter
Donetta Toussaint of Palmetto, Georgia; 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 9:00am-10:30am with funeral to follow at
10:30am, both held at Lincoln Southern Baptist
Church in Lincoln, 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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