Elizabeth Shaw

Chicopee, Mass. - Elizabeth (Sullivan) Shaw, 91, of Calvin Street, died Monday, April 25, 2005 at the Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mass.

Born Dec. 6, 1913 in Holyoke, Mass., she was the daughter of the late Timothy and Catherine (Enright) Sullivan.

She was a graduate of Holyoke High School and a retired key punch operator for the Spaulding Co. of Chicopee. She was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Chicopee and a member of its' Ladies Guild. She was a former member of the Spaulding Golf League, and a bowler. She was a championship swimmer in her youth and enjoyed swimming well into her 80's. She was an insatiable reader, a member of the Aldenville Library Book Club, and a member of the Bridge Club for 30 years.

Elizabeth will be missed, but remembered as a strong, assertive, proud woman, who was ahead of her time. She was rich with family stories, always practical, yet fun, with a great laugh.

She married her husband, Nelson L. Shaw, April 25, 1936 in Kearney, N.J. Elizabeth was predeceased by her husband in 1990, as well as by four brothers and sisters, and her granddaughter, Michelle Arsenault.

She is survived by three daughters, Patricia Bergeron, who was her companion, and her husband Daniel of Chicopee, Kathleen Arsenault and her husband, Broce, of North Stonington, and Margaret Wilk and her husband, John, of Grand Isle, Vt.; one son, John Shaw and his wife, Loren, of Gales Ferry; her seven grandchildren, Susan Rozato, Leslie McBride, Timothy Bergeron, Lisa Bergeron, Steven Arsenault, Carrie Cucuro, and Jenson Shaw, as well as nine great- grandchildren.

A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday at 10 a.m. in St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Chicopee. There are no calling hours and burial will take place privately for the family.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in Elizabeth's memory to the National Multiple Sclerosis Association of America, Central New England Chapter, 101 A First Ave., Suite 6, Waltham, MA 02451.

Ryder Funeral Home #(413)533-1735.