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- DOUGLAS R. SHEAR
Newspaper November 10, 2007 | Watertown Daily Times (NY)
Page: B4 | Section: Obits
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The Rev. Douglas R. Shear, 63, Route 56, died Friday morning at Fletcher-Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vt., where he had been a patient since Tuesday. He had been in failing health for three months.
The Rev. Mr. Shear was a minister for the Assembly of God for more than 40 years. He served as the secretary-treasurer for Assembly of God, North Central Section, for many years. Most recently, he was the pastor of Louisville Landing Free Union Church and chaplain for the Massena Police Department.
Born Aug. 4, 1944, in Watertown, son of Richard E. and Betty LaRock Shear, he graduated in 1963 from Henderson Central School.
He attended Eastern Pentecostal Bible College, Peterborough, Ontario, and graduated from the Berean School of the Bible, Springfield, Mo.
He married Theresa Ann Blount on Aug. 21, 1965, at the Adams Assembly of God.
The Rev. Mr. Shear assisted at Donaldson Funeral Home for 25 years. He also assisted at French Funeral Home in Edwards and Gouverneur before moving to Massena in 1982.
He was a member of the Greater Massena Ministerial Association and the Salvation Army board, a member and current treasurer of the Monday Luncheon Club, a member and past president of the Toastmasters and a former member of the Massena Lions Club.
A member of the Massena Memorial Ethics Committee, he served on the board of directors for the Pine Grove Cemetery Association and Massena Meals on Wheels and was in volunteer training for Hospice & Palliative Care of St. Lawrence Valley. He was an avid book collector and reader.
Surviving besides his wife, of Massena, and his mother, of Watertown, are a son, Richard D. Shear, and his companion, Nelson Morales, Rochester; a daughter and her husband, Chrystal A. and Glenn A. Gardner, Massena; two sisters and their husbands, Susan and Don Sutcliff, Sackets Harbor, and Linda and Ed Forsythe, Florida; a granddaughter, an uncle and several nieces and nephews.
His father died in 2002.
The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Phillip A. Caruso, pastor of New Life Assembly of God, Ogdensburg, and the Rev. Anthony P. Niger, II, pastor of Calvary Assembly of God, Carthage, co-officiating. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery.
Calling hours are from 2 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Donaldson Funeral Home. Donations may be made to the Louisville Landing Free Union Church Memorial Fund or to a charity of one's choice. Condolences may be made online at www.donaldsonfh. com.
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1944 - 2007 (63 years)