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Obituary of Richard Gibson Shaw
Shaw, Richard Gibson
(26 November 1958 – 01 June 2015)
Richard passed away, unexpectedly, aged 56 years at Tirana, Albania. Born at Perth, Ontario, to Willard and the late Vivian (Greenley) Shaw. Richard was educated at Perth & District Collegiate Institute and Algonquin College, Ottawa. He worked as a broadcast journalist, industrial video producer, small business development advisor, and copy editor in Canada, the West Indies, South Africa and Albania. He leaves his wife Anila (Meco) and son Daniel of Tirana; sons Andrew and Jerimiah and their mother Ruth (McParlan) of Thunder Bay; his father, Willard, and brothers, Ronald (Love) and Ralph (Debbie), of Perth; also nieces Tiffany (Steve), Erin and Lysanne and nephews Stefan (Celina), Troy, Graham and Marc. Friends may pay their respects at the Blair & Son Funeral Home, 15 Gore St. W. Perth on Friday, June 12th, 2015 from 2:00 to 4:00 and 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Funeral service will be held in the Chapel on Saturday, June 13th, 2015 at 10:30 A.M. officiated by Rev. Nancy Wetselaar. Interment, Drummond Center Community Cemetery. In remembrance donations to the Drummond Center Community Cemetery would be appreciated.