Grace's obituary, published on 15 May 1941, is as follows:
"Mrs. Sherman L. Shaw Passed Away Monday
"Friends of Mrs. Sherman L. Shaw of Lee Center were grieved to hear of her sudden death which occurred Monday evening, May 12, 1941 at 10:30 o'clock at her home. Mrs. Shaw had been in Amboy that afternoon. Funeral services will be held this (Thursday) afternoon at two o'clock at the Lee Center Congregational church, Rev. G. A. Cox officiating. Burial will be in Woodside cemetery.
"Mrs. Shaw was a daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Bender. Her father was a former pastor of the old United Brethren church located on West Division street in Amboy. She is survived by her husband, one daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Baylor, one son, Sherman L. Shaw, Jr., of near Dixon, one step-son, Russell M. Shaw of Mattoon, seven grandchildren, two brothers, W. O. Bender of Winfield, Kansas and Clarence Bender of Royal Oak, Mich., and three sisters, Mrs. H. H. Nicholas of Milledgeville, Mrs. A. W. Nicholas of Webster City, Ia., and Mrs. Oliver Moon of Rockford."