Ann Shaw-Dobs

Funeral services for Ann Marie (McKellop) Shaw-Dobs of Bertha will be held at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, December 21, 2011 at the Wrightstown United Methodist Church with Pastor Shirley Nelson presiding. Friends may call from 5:00 until 8:00 PM on Tuesday at the Domian-Anderson Funeral Home in Bertha and from 11:00 AM until the time of service on Wednesday at the church. Ann passed away at the age of 77 years on Sunday, December 18, 2011 at the Central Todd County Care Center in Clarissa. Ann was born on July 8, 1934 at the Thiel Hospital in Bertha to Adnah and Elsie (Rasmussen) McKellop. She graduated from Parkers Prairie High School and was united in marriage with Guy Shaw at St. Paul’s Lutheran Parsonage in Bertha on June 14, 1952. They were blessed with five children and operated a farm at Woodside Township. Guy passed away on November 4, 1978. On April 11, 1981, she married friend and local farmer, Reinhold “Tiny” Dobs. Together they moved into their home in Bertha in 1995. Reinhold passed away on April 6, 2009. Ann was a homemaker and was active with TOPS in Bertha and worked as a foster grandparent at the Bertha-Hewitt Elementary School. She spent her entire life in the Bertha area and kept busy knitting, quilting, working puzzles, playing cards with friends, and attending dance socials. She spent time outdoors tending her garden and chickens as well as picking strawberries. She sold pickles in Hewitt and she enjoyed babysitting her grandchildren. Ann was preceded in death by her husbands Guy Shaw and Reinhold Dobs; parents Adnah and Elsie; son Thomas; and sister Zelda Windheim. She is survived by her son Daniel (Cindy) Shaw of Parkers Prairie; daughters Patty (Dale) Camacho of Hewitt, Linda (Curt) Johnson of Eagle Bend and Maggie (Neil) Zimmer of Clarissa; daughter-in-law Gwen Shaw of Parkers Prairie; 22 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren; and sister Jackie Dittberner of Parkers Prairie. Honorary pallbearers are Ann’s grandchildren. Pallbearers are Kyle Camacho, Kevin Camacho, Cyrus Shaw, Guy Shaw, Trenton Johnson, Casey Johnson, Neil Zimmer Jr. and Urban Shaw. Interment will be in the Woodside Cemetery, Wrightstown.

Ann Shaw-Dobs

July 8, 1934 - December 18, 2011