Tipp City Herald - Veteran

SHAW, LT. COL. GEORGE E. - A requiem eucharist was held on Saturday morning, February 9, for Lt. Col. George E. Shaw, 45, of 175 Chatworth Road, North Kingstown, R.I., in St. Paul's Church in Wickford, where he had served as vestryman. A retired veteran of 22 years in the Air Force, he died February 7 in Rhode Island Hospital after a six month illness. He was the husband of the former Doris Honn of Tipp City. A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., he retired in 1970 after receiving many decorations in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He held the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak-leaf cluster, the Bronze Star for valor, and the Air Medal with eight-oak-leaf clusters. Survivors include his father, George E. Shaw of Eastlake, Ohio; two sons, George E. and Andrew P., both at home; and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Florence Honn of Tipp City. Burial was in Elm Grove Cemetery, North Kingstown. Arrangements were made by the George C. Cranston Funeral Home. The family requested that those who wished to do so would make memorial contributions to the American Cancer Society.