Thomas Merton Shaw, Jr.

Thomas Merton Shaw, Jr.

Male 1921 - 2004  (82 years)


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  • Name Thomas Merton Shaw  [1, 2
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 15 Aug 1921  Richland Township, Oswego County New York USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Death 1 May 2004  Brewerton, Onondaga, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    • richland cemet, richland
    Person ID I59966  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Thomas Sidney Shaw, Sr.,   b. 3 Nov 1890, Hounsfield, Jefferson, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1961, Pulaski, Osewgo,New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Laura Belle Gregory,   b. 4 Mar 1903, Worth, Jefferson Co., New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1986, Pulaski, Osewgo,New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 18 Jun 1920 
    Family ID F11588  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Iris Victoria Trumble,   b. 28 Mar 1925, Redfield, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Sep 2002, Stonehedge Nursing Home, Madison, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage 6 Sep 1941  Pulaski, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Linda Lee Shaw
     2. Ronald Leonard Shaw
     3. Donald Hugh Shaw
    Family ID F19863  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Helen Agnes Frank,   b. 8 Oct 1921   d. 27 Feb 1996 (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 24 Sep 1946  Pulaski, Oswego, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Nancy Shaw,   b. 1942   d. 2 Nov 2010 (Age 68 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Thomas Merton Shaw, III,   b. 26 Oct 1944   d. 18 Feb 2018 (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Merton Richard Shaw
     4. Freddie Jack Shaw,   b. 13 Jul 1948, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 2005 (Age 56 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Claude Albert Shaw,   b. 19 Apr 1951   d. Mar 2001 (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Earl Edward Shaw
     7. Judy Louise Shaw
     8. Kathy Darlene Shaw
     9. Frances M. Shaw
    Family ID F19862  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Thomas Morton Shaw - August 15, 1921 - May 1, 2004. Military Service: Veteran of the United States Army during World War H. Son of Thomas Sidney and Laura Belle Gregory Shaw. Husband of Iris Victoria Trumble (married about 1942, divorced April 4, 1946) & Helen A. Frank (married September 24, 1946, divorced.) [Note: Iris Trumble married Kenneth Southwell, she died in Pulaski on September 18, 2002, it is unknown where she is buried.] [Note: Helen Frank died February 27, 1996 in Oswego, New York and is buried in Daysville Cemetery at Pulaski, New York.]

      Newspaper Obituary - Monday, May 3, 2004 Watertown Daily Times - Watertown, New York - Thomas M. Shaw, Jr., State Highway Department Retiree - Thomas M. Shaw Jr., 82, a lifelong resident of Pulaski, died Saturday in Oswego Hospital. Mr. Shaw worked for the New York State Highway Department, North Syracuse, for 10 years, retiring in 1983. Previously, he had worked for General Electric Company and Pulaski Lumber Company. He was a past commander and member of Robert Edwards American Legion Post 358 and a member of Pulaski Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 7289. Born August 15, 1921, in the town of Richland, son of Thomas M. Sr. and Laura Gregory Shaw, he attended Pulaski schools and served in the Army from 1944 to 1946. Marriages to Iris V. Trumble and Helen Frank ended in divorce. Surviving are four sons, Thomas M. III, Pulaski, Merton R., Solvay, Fred J., Florida, and Earl E., Richland; five daughters, Nancy Wood, Syracuse, Linda Zaytown, Richland, Judy L. Bouchard, Lillington, North Carolina, Kathy D. Torrence, Lorton, Virginia, and Frances Fox, Mexico; a sister, Etta Mae Cosilman, Pulaski, and several grandchildren and great-grandchildren. A son, Claude A, died in 2001. The funeral will be at 10 am. Wednesday at Foster-Hax Funeral Home. Burial will be in Richland Cemetery. Calling hours will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

  • Sources 
    1. [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Merton Richard Shaw Sr
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=2024976646&indiv=try

    2. [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online.
      Record for thomas m shaw
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=pubmembertrees&h=12864113936&indiv=try