Died of leukemia during a medical flight from Rochester, Minn., to Dixon, Ill. Pronounced dead on arrival at Dixon Airport at 3:10 p.m. 14 Sept. 1973.
Death notice in the Dixon Evening Telegraph:
"Sherman L. Shaw
"DIXON -- Sherman L. Shaw, 61, RR 1, director of the Mid-West Shetland Pony Roadster Club, died Friday in Rochester, Minn., (sic) following a long illness.
"Survivors include his widow, Frances; a daughter, Mrs. Joseph Delores (sic) Olor (sic); four grandsons, and a sister, Mrs. O. S. Baylor, Lee Center.
"Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in the Preston Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Woodside Cemetery, Lee Center. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday."
His full obituary was published in the Dixon Evening Telegraph as follows:
"Sherman L. Shaw
"Sherman L. Shaw, 61, Rt. 1, Dixon, died Friday afternoon in Rochester, Minn., (sic) following a long illness.
"He was born May 17, 1912 in Lee Center, the son of Sherman L. and Grace Bender Shaw, and married the former Frances Miller in Rockford, March 22, 1935.
"He is survived by his widow, a daughter, Mrs. Joseph (Delores) (sic) Olor (sic), and four grandsons, all of Pekin, and a sister, Mrs. O. S. Baylor, Lee Center.
"He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, and was a past master of Friendship Lodge AF and AM, Dixon. He was also a past 4-H Club leader, and was a member and director of the Midwest Shetland Pony Roadster Club.
"Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Monday in the Preston Funeral Home with Dr. Malcolm D. Ludy, pastor of the church, officiating. Burial will be in Woodside Cemetery, Lee Center. Friends may call from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday."
"Visitation is planned for after noon Sunday in the funeral home, where the family will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m."
Soon after his death, the newsletter of the Midwest Shetland Pony Roadster Club printed the following tribute:
SHERMAN SHAW "drives on"
When days of jogging come to park
And wheels of life no longer spin,
Your loving memory will light the dark
When stable colors fade and dim.
We only hope that we can convey
Your same warm smile, your winning way . . .
It is our memorial trophy.
Sherman Shaw died on September 14, 1973, at age sixty-one, on his return flight home from the Mayo Clinic. His long fight with leukemia was ended. Sherm is survived by his wife Francis (sic) of R.R. 1, Box 222, Dixon, IL; sister Mrs. Baylor of Lee Center, IL; daughter Delores (sic) and four grandsons of Pekin, IL. Sherman Shaw showed winning Shetland roadster and hand ponies throughout the midwest (sic). "Larigo's Radiant Rhythm" and "Widow's Son" (a pony the Shaws raised) were both Shetland roadsters 43"-46". Sherm's 50" Hackney roadster "King" completed the string. This year Sherm served as a Board member of the Midwest Shetland Roadster Club. We wish to extend our sympathy to those who loved Sherm. He will be missed by those who knew and admired him for his courage and ever so warm personality.