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Harry Bird Shaw, passed away on Friday, November 24, 2006 in Albuquerque. The son of Samuel and Amelia Shaw, he was born in his parent's bed on January 2, 1914 in Cutler, IL. He grew up on the family farm, graduated from high school at the age of sixteen and attended the teacher's training program at Southern Illinois Normal School. On June 11, 1936 he married his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Virginia Schoch, who preceded him in death in 2002 after nearly 66 years of marriage. Harry was the teacher in an eight-grade, one room school, was a carpenter and a 70 year member of the Carpenter's Union, and a sailor in World War II. His career was as an employee of the US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons. He served at several institutions, retiring in 1969 from assignment as the Business Manager at the maximum security U.S. Penitentiary at McNeil Island, WA. Thereafter he taught business at the Clover Park Vocational-Technical School in Tacoma, WA, worked at the Lakewood United Methodist Church, and devoted himself to his family. In 1996 he and Dorothy moved to Albuquerque, NM, where both of their children reside. Harry is survived by his son, John; daughter-in-law, Janice Lehmann-Shaw; their children, Kathryn and Douglas; and his daughter, Rosemary Wold; son-in-law, Alexander Wold; and their daughters, Rebecca, Kirsten, and Alexis. French Mortuary, Inc. 10500 Lomas Blvd. NE (505) 275-3500
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