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- Adeline Almyra [Almira], daughter of
the late J. L. and Katherine BURDICK
- SHAW,
was born October 2, 1885, in Vivian, Minn., and died March 19,
1949, in Rome, N.Y.
- Her family moved to Milton, Wis., where
she attended school and Milton College and
- started her teaching career. After
her marriage to Herbert L. POLAN, she and her husband
taught school, later moving to Alfred, N.Y., where Mr. POLAN
attended Alfred Theological Seminary.
- Since 1941, she had been active in
the Verona and Syracuse Seventh Day Baptist
- Churches until serious illness forced
her retirement earlier this year.
- She is survived by her husband, Rev.
Herbert L. POLAN, Verona, N.Y.; three
- daughters, Muriel, Mrs. Philip BABER,
Keesville, N.Y.; Frances, Mrs. David S. CLARKE, Westerly,
R.I.; and Lura, Mrs. William TURCK, Berkley, Mich.; three
grandchildren and two stepgrandchildren; two brothers, Dr. Edwin
B. SHAW, Milton, Wis., and Dr. George B. SHAW,
Alfred, N.Y.; and many other relatives.
- Lt. (j.g.) Dighton L. POLAN,
the only son, preceded his mother in death when he
- was killed in action in the Pacific
during World War II.
- Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. Kenneth Van Horn, assisted by Rev. Elmo
- F. Randolph, at the Milton Seventh
Day Baptist Church, Milton, Wis., and interment was in the Milton
Cemetery. K. V. H. [Vol. 146, No. 24, p. 415]
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- Courtesy of Jon Saunders
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