Richard J. Shaw

BARRE-Dick began his journey to eternal life just before dawn on Monday May 9, 2022. His wife and his three daughters nursed and cared for him throughout that night, and his beloved dog (and constant companion) Sadie, was at his side at the very end of his earthly life. Dick was the only child of Harold and Margaret (Whittig) Shaw of Schuylerville, New York. Dick was born in Cambridge, NY on July 30, 1936. He attended St. Clement’s Grammar School, and was a 1954 graduate of St. Peter’s Academy in Saratoga Springs, New York. Following high school, Dick began his higher education at Mater Christi Minor Seminary in Albany, New York. Following successful completion there he was deemed eligible to pursue the priesthood at Our Lady of the Angels Seminary at Niagara University in Buffalo, New York, all under the auspices of the Diocese of Albany, New York. Dick was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood in May of 1962. He faithfully served the people of that diocese at several parishes in the Albany area until...