Merilyn Shaw
September 28, 1931 — November 20, 2011
Merilyn Shaw
DATELINE: Chesterfield, SC
DECEASED: Mrs. Merilyn Cromer Shaw, age 80, died Sunday, November 20, 2011
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 4:00 PM, Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home
VISITATION: The family will receive Family and Friends immediately following the service at the Funeral Home
HISTORY: Mrs. Shaw was born September 28, 1931, in Springfield, Missouri, during the Great Depression. She was a daughter of the late Ivan Lee and Zelma Anne Hurt Cromer. The first home she remembered was a three-room teacherage, only yards away from her two-room grade school in Dolberg, a poor rural community in dust-bowl Oklahoma.
With both parents being teachers, what she remembered of her early years was an atmosphere redolent of blackboard and chalk, books and a woodstove, wood for cooking, and wood for heat. Her childhood environment was of rustic charm and rich in education.
A proud graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Merilyn pursued a career in radio broadcasting. She was in demand as a writer and radio voice at stations in New Mexico, Oregon, Oklahoma, and as far east as Pennsylvania. She was frequently called upon to speak at various civic clubs.
Merilyn finally retired from broadcasting when a talented and ambitious entrepreneur, her husband, enlisted her as a business partner. They eventually settled in South Carolina. There, with irrepressible creativity, she continued to write poetry and occasional newspaper and magazine articles. She was also author of a novel. In addition to her parents, Merilyn was also preceded in death by her husband, David Eugene "Gene" Shaw.
SURVIVORS:
2 Daughters: Deb Shaw-Fahey and husband, Mike Fahey of Half Moon Bay, CA and Sharon Shaw Caulder, and husband Derick of Chesterfield, SC
3 Grandchildren: Christopher, Courtney, and Nicholas Caulder
1 Sister: Mary Carpenter Brown of Aurora, IL
Also a number of Nieces and Nephews
MEMORIALS: May be made to Hospice of Chesterfield County, P.O. Box 293, Chesterfield, SC 29709 or to Alzheimer's Association, P.O. Box 7044, Columbia, SC 29202
Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield, SC (www.mrcfuneralhome.com) is serving the Shaw Family.
Service Information
MEMORIAL SERVICE: 4:00 PM, Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home
VISITATION: The family will receive Family and Friends immediately following the service at the Funeral Home
