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He was born May 15, 1934 in Butterfield, Minnesota to Leonard and Mamie (McStockard) Shaw. Ron spent most of his childhood in Fremont and graduated from Fremont High School in 1952. He was very involved in high school athletics and played on the only undefeated and untied Fremont High School football team. He was inducted into the Fremont High School Hall of Fame.
Ron attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. During this time, at age 21, he contracted polio and dealt with it all his life. He was a CPA (certified public accountant) and had his own firm in Fremont for 20 years before a merger which created the Young, Shaw, Hull, & Navarrette, CPA's, in 1982, and now known as Shaw, Hull & Navarrette, CPA's.
Ron was a member of Salem Lutheran Church. He was well known for his roses, and has received many awards, both locally and nationally, not only for growing roses, but also for his photographs of roses. Many of his pictures have appeared in national magazines and books.
On June 23, 1962, Ron was married in Salem Lutheran Church to Dorothy Bucklin. Dorothy preceded him in death on November 18, 2008.
Survivors: daughter – Gina Shaw and her husband Evan Bergstrom of Montclair, New Jersey
2 granddaughters – Annika Bergstrom-Shaw and Katia Bergstrom-Shaw
1 grandson – Adrian Bergstrom-Shaw
twin sister – LaVonna (Vonnie) True of Mason City, Iowa
brother – Leonard and wife Connie Shaw of Fremont
The funeral service will be 11 AM Monday (April 1st) in Salem Lutheran Church with the Rev. Michael Thomas. The committal will follow in Ridge Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to his church.
Visitation at the Ludvigsen Mortuary, Fremont, will be on Sunday from 3 to 7 PM, and at the church Monday for an hour before the service.
online guestbook @ www.ludvigsenmortuary.com
Ron attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. During this time, at age 21, he contracted polio and dealt with it all his life. He was a CPA (certified public accountant) and had his own firm in Fremont for 20 years before a merger which created the Young, Shaw, Hull, & Navarrette, CPA's, in 1982, and now known as Shaw, Hull & Navarrette, CPA's.
Ron was a member of Salem Lutheran Church. He was well known for his roses, and has received many awards, both locally and nationally, not only for growing roses, but also for his photographs of roses. Many of his pictures have appeared in national magazines and books.
On June 23, 1962, Ron was married in Salem Lutheran Church to Dorothy Bucklin. Dorothy preceded him in death on November 18, 2008.
Survivors: daughter – Gina Shaw and her husband Evan Bergstrom of Montclair, New Jersey
2 granddaughters – Annika Bergstrom-Shaw and Katia Bergstrom-Shaw
1 grandson – Adrian Bergstrom-Shaw
twin sister – LaVonna (Vonnie) True of Mason City, Iowa
brother – Leonard and wife Connie Shaw of Fremont
The funeral service will be 11 AM Monday (April 1st) in Salem Lutheran Church with the Rev. Michael Thomas. The committal will follow in Ridge Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to his church.
Visitation at the Ludvigsen Mortuary, Fremont, will be on Sunday from 3 to 7 PM, and at the church Monday for an hour before the service.
online guestbook @ www.ludvigsenmortuary.com