Glen Orval Shaw

1916 - 2014

Glen Orval Shaw
Jan. 3, 1916 ~ April 17, 2014
Resident of Livermore
Glen Orval Shaw passed away on Thursday April 17, 2014 in Livermore, Ca. He was 98 years old.
Glen was born in La Junta, Colorado on January 3, 1916 to Orval Oscar Shaw and Nellie Pearl (Mick) Shaw. He was raised primarily in Grand Junction, Colorado where he graduated from Fruitvale High School.
He married the former Louise Netta Gimple of Grand Junction in 1937, and worked as a machinist for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad for several years, while living in Grand Junction. A daughter, Glenda Ruth was born there in 1944.
In 1947 they moved to Provo, Utah where he worked as a machinist for the Geneva Steel Company for six years. In 1953 the family moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico where Glen worked for the University of California (The Los Alamos National Laboratory) as a machinist. A second daughter, Betty Kay was born there in 1955.
The Shaw family moved to Livermore, California in 1960 where he worked for Lawrence Radiation Laboratory (now known as Lawrence Livermore Laboratory). He retired in 1979, and in his retirement enjoyed wood-carving and photography, and enjoying his grandchildren. Glen and his wife Louise also loved spending time in San Simeon, California, and traveling to Colorado and Oregon to see relatives.
In his later years he enjoyed his daily visits to local restaurants to visit with his favorite waiters and waitresses. He was a friend to everyone he met, and was dearly loved by everyone. He had a wonderful sense of humor, and loved to share his memories of "the old days". He will be greatly missed.
Glen is survived by his daughter and son-in-law Betty Kay and Kenneth Holmes of Klamath Falls, Oregon, his sister Elaine Hannagan of Vancouver, Washington, grandsons Terry Barnes of Fresno, California, Derek Molina of Tracy, California, Adam Holmes of Klamath Falls, Oregon, and Steven Holmes of Sanger, California. Also he leaves behind numerous great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews, including niece Sandra Stafford of Coquille, Oregon.
He is also survived by special friends Steve and Sheila Taber, former neighbors the Spragge family, and good friend Angel Flores. He also leaves behind the wonderful staff at New Haven Care Home, Arnold Soleta, and Edward and Shenna Foster, plus all the other neighbors and friends too numerous to mention. And we can't forget his special friend, Toby the Tortoise.
He was preceded in death by his wife Louise Shaw and daughter Glenda Laughlin. At Glen's request, there was no service. He was inurned at Memory Gardens Memorial Park on East Ave. in Livermore.