Dorothy L Moore

Attendant-Insane Hospital, 1920

Married in Indiana to Leonard Ray Shaw
Born 1912 in [Jennings Twp., Crawford Co.], Indiana
Died 05 Dec 1944 in Germany

To them were born:

Notes

• Adopted daughter of John B. and Sarah E. Waymon, both of Indiana.
• Dorothy's age in the census records: in 1920, age 8-9/12; in 1930, age 19.
• Dorothy was buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery, Fall Creek Township, Henry Co., Indiana.
• Obituary, Anderson Herald/Bulletin, 22 Nov 1990, courtesy of Anderson Public Library:
  Dorothy L. Shaw
    Dorothy L. Shaw, 79, 114 E. Main St., Markleville, died Wednesday at Community Hospital following one year of failing health.
    She was born March 6, 1911, in Elwood and had lived in Madison before moving to Markleville in 1936. She retired in 1976 from St. John's Medical Center as a nurse's aide and was a member of Markleville United Methodist Church.
    Survivors include a son, George Shaw of Lapel; two daughters, Betty Shaw of Markleville and Bonnie Cowan of Cullman, Ala.; a brother, Chester Perkins of Elwood; a sister, Eugenolia Mitchell of Madison; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
    Her husband, Leonard Shaw, died in 1944 in World War II.
    Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Robert D. Loose Funeral Home with the Rev. Timothy Terrell officiating. Burial will be at Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
    Friends may call from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

Sources

• 1920 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Jefferson Co., Madison Twp., E.D. 99, Sheet No. 8A [=43A], 282-290, Deputy Pike, 17 Jan 1920
• 1930 - U.S. Census, Indiana, Jefferson Co., Madison Twp., Madison City, Ward 1, E.D. 39-5, Sheet No. 20A [=133A], 564-565, 911 N. Walnut St., 24 Apr 1930
• SSDI 303-42-2571