Elizabeth Jean Shaw

Elizabeth Jean (Bowman) Shaw, 89 of Westborough, died on Friday, February 8, 2008 at the Jewish Healthcare in Worcester. She was the wife of the late Waldo Almond Shaw.

Born in New Haven, CT, she was the daughter, of the late Charles Webster Bowman and Lillian Ivy (Nicholas) Bowman and was a graduate of Larson Junior College (now Quinnipiac University). Mrs. Shaw was the Executive Secretary to the Vice President of the Southern New England Telephone Company. In later years, she retired as secretary at the Board of Education in Cheshire, CT. She was a member of the Evangelical Congregational Church, Westborough and a former member of the First Congregational Church in Cheshire, CT. She enjoyed needlework, baking cookies, sending greeting cards to family and friends, she loved sports, particularly the Boston Red Sox and gardening.

She is survived by her children, William B. Shaw and his wife, Wannee, of Songkhla, Thailand, Dr. Charles P. Shaw and his wife, Eleanor, of Walpole, NH and Susan S. Lippitt and her husband, Mark of Westborough; she was the devoted grandmother, of Dr. Carl Shaw and his wife, Dr. Daphne Nizza Shaw, Matthew Shaw, John Shaw, Elizabeth Ewaskio, Ann Ewaskio, Ethan Lippitt and Elizabeth Lippitt; and her great grandchildren, Brendan Shaw and Julia Shaw.

A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, February 14, at 11:00 A.M. in the Evangelical Congregational Church, West Main St., Westborough. A graveside service will be on Friday, February 15, at 1:00 P.M. in the Beaverdale Memorial Park, New Haven, CT. Calling hours at the Rand-Harper-Pickering Westborough Funeral Home, 62 West Main St., Westborough, are Wednesday, February 13, from 4 to 7 P.M.

In lieu of flowers, donations in her memory may be made to The Larson Scholarship Fund, Quinnipiac University Office of Alumnae Affairs, 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518.

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