Ruth Esther Shaw

December 31, 1931 - November 28, 2013

RUTH SHAW Torrington, Wyoming – Ruth Shaw, 81, died Thursday, November 28, 2013 at her home in Torrington. Graveside funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, December 3, at the Fort Laramie Cemetery with Pastor Andy Anderson officiating. Visitation will be Monday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Arrangements are under the direction of the Colyer Funeral Home and friends may send their condolences to the family at www.colyerfuneralhome.com . Ruth was born on December 31, 1931, in Belfield, North Dakota the daughter of Robert and Mae (Clouse) Weigum. The family lived on a ranch west of Amidon, North Dakota and later moved to a farm east of Amidon. Ruth graduated the 8th grade from a country school near Amidon. She then went on to graduate from Belfield Public High School in 1949. She worked as the Assistant Postmaster in Medora, ND. She later attended Rapid City School of Business and Dickinson State Teachers College. Ruth taught in a rural school in Wibaux County, Montana where she met and married Tom Shaw. The couple later divorced. Ruth moved to Sheridan,Wyoming where she worked for the Big Horn National Forest Service for 20 years. Ruth then retired to Belle Fourche for a couple of years before moving to Torrington to live with her daughter, Rebecca Shaw. She enjoyed sewing and crafts. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include her three daughters, Chrystine Shaw of Beulah, CO, Jodie Shaw of Tooela, UT, and Rebecca Shaw of Torrington; two sisters, Mae McDanold of Beach, ND and Doris Washburn of Belle Fourche, SD and three grandchildren, Talia, Brandon and Robert. Ruth was preceded in death by her parents; three brothers, Robert, Fred and Norman Weigum; four sisters, Arline, Natalie, Bernice and Christine.