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Proclamation
October 5, 2017
WHEREAS: Geraldine Fitzgerald Shaw, affectionately known as Geri, was born on
October 5, 1917 in International Falls, Minnesota; and
WHEREAS: Geri Shaw moved with her family from Minnesota to Meridian, ID when she
was a teenager; and
WHEREAS: She attended Northwest Nazarene College in Nampa ID for one year before
moving in with her mother who taught at Woodgrove School on Farm to Market Road; and
WHEREAS: While living with her mother, she visited the Shaw Ranch and met John Shaw
whom she dated and later married at the age of 22; and
WHEREAS: Geri Shaw moved with John to McCall to live just down the road from the
family ranch where they lived until 1955 when they sold their place and bought a farm in Emmett
but later buying the family ranch in McCall from his parents; and
WHEREAS: Geri and John Shaw loved their McCall ancestral ranch and worked hard
their entire lives to maintain or improve the property, and would usually be at the ranch in the
Summers and spend their winters in the warmer areas of Emmett or Riggins until John passed
away in 2001 so now she spends most of her time in Emmett with visits to her ranch in McCall;
and
WHEREAS: Geri Shaw is multi-talented and taught piano and was the pianist for many
churches: Christian, Nazarene, Riggins'Community, and Catholic churches; and
WHEREAS: Geri and John Shaw were married for 62 years and had 3 children, Millie,
Tom, and Sue, 6 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren, and 3 great, great grandchildren; and
TO CELEBRATE the 100`h birthday of Geraldine Fitzgerald Shaw
NOW THEREFORE, I, Jackie J. Aymon, Mayor of the City of McCall, with the consent of
the McCall City Council, do hereby proclaim October 5, 2017 to be:
Geri Shaw Day
In the City of McCall, Valley County, State of Idaho.
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s. hand at McCall City Hall in the City of McCall,
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