Lila Walton Shaw

Lila Walton Shaw 11/29/1921 –8/27/2011 Lila Walton Shaw, a resident of Roy, Utah passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, August 27, 2011. She was 89 years old. Lila was married to Blair Shaw for over 62 years until his death in 2006. Lila Walton was born in Raymond, Alberta Canada on November 29, 1921 to Ida Ann Paxman and Charles Walton. Her older sister, Iona, was born in 1915. At age 41, Lila’s mother died and left her father a widower when the girls were nine and fifteen. After Ida’s death in 1930, Charles left Canada and eventually settled in Ogden, UT. At a church function, he met Mary Ellen, who was widowed in 1935, and left with four young boys. On December 23, 1936 Charles married Mary Ellen Barker (Chugg), and settled in Pleasant View where they worked her farm and combined to raise their sons and daughters. In the new Walton family, at the age of fifteen, Lila inherited four new brothers, the Chugg boys, and later baby siblings Marian and Dennis Walton. Lila’s large family knew her as the one with a lively enthusiasm for life. On the last day of 1943, at the age of 22, Lila married Blair R Shaw and the couple was later married in the temple for all eternity. Blair’s family owned a big farm in Liberty and here the couple settled to farm and raise their family of five children. Lila was an active member of the LDS church throughout her life where her considerable talent for writing plays, church talks and wonderful poems were put to good use. Five children survive their mother: Myrna Pettengill (Roger), Sheldon Shaw (Janine), Kerry Shaw, Lonnie Shaw (Patty) and Donna Linford (Jeff). Lila’s 18 grandchildren, (one deceased), 27 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren (one preceded her in death) gave her much joy throughout her life. They remember their mother for her bubbly personality and lively humor combined with her energy and hard working ethic. Her poetic and spiritual nature was always evident to them. The family owes a debt of gratitude to Julie and Bobbi from Intermountain Hospice for their compassionate care. Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 1, 2011 at 11 a.m. at Lindquist’s Ogden Mortuary, 3408 Washington Blvd. Friends may visit family on Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. and Thursday from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. at the mortuary. Interment, Liberty Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that you donate to the charity of your choice.