The Sentinel 2002 - Fulton County Public Library

Dr. Milton E. Shaw
Dec. 2, 1925 – Dec. 29, 2001
Dr. Milton E. SHAW, 76, Lexington, Ky., died Saturday in Lexington.
Born in Miami County to Bernard O. and Mabel DAWALD SHAW, he married Martha Lou
MADEFORD. She survives.
Dr. Shaw was professor of business administration and management at Iowa Wesleyan
College, later joining Mason and Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc. at its Iowa Ammunition Plant,
where he became assistant chief accountant. He then became fiscal manager of its Pantex Plant,
Amarillo, Texas. In 1964, he was named assistant corporate secretary and moved to Lexington. He
retired after 41 years and was senior vice-president and executive director.
He received a bachelor of science degree in business and social studies from Manchester
College and a master’s degree and doctorate from Indiana Univer-sity. He was a member of Phi
Beta Kappa, was an officer and member of Beta Gamma Sigma and Delta Pi Epsilon professional
fraternities. He was listed in Who’s Who in the Midwest, Who’s Who in the South and Southwest
and Who’s Who in Finance and Industry.
Surviving with his wife, at home, are one daughter, Valerie E. SHAW BROWN and
husband Henry and two grandsons, Christopher E. and Jonathon E. BROWN, all of Portland, Ore.
Services are at 10 a.m. Thursday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home, Lexington, Ky., with
Rev. Valerie JOHNSON officiating. Burial will be at Lexington Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
memorials may be made to Manchester College, 604 E. College St., North Manchester, IN 46962,
or St. Luke United Methodist Church, 2351 Alumni Dr., Lexington, KY 40517-4102.
Wilbur V. Hunt
Nov. 13, 1910 – Dec. 24, 2001
Wilbur Vyvyan HUNT, 91, formerly of Peru and Denver, died Dec. 24 at his South Bend
residence.
Born in Acton, Mass. to Roy Wilbur and Lillian FOOKES HUNT, he married Elizabeth
KNOWLES in 1939. He married Janet ROGER REINEKE, Peru. She died in 1996. Elizabeth died
in 1995.
Mr. Hunt was an inventor, artist, writer and businessman. He attended Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. He invented Poultrocutor, a device to aid farmers to kill chickens and
remove their feathers. He worked on a Terrameter, an early global location instrument. He was a
sculptor of marble, clay and stone and a sketch artist and portrait painter. He worked on a
statement of his personal faith, “...As it is in Heaven,” for over 30 years.
Mr. Hunt came to Peru in 1959 as manager of the American Stationary Co. He retired,
moving to Denver, where he and his wife Janet owned and operated Denver Hardware Store. He
built Vyvyan Castle, Denver, over 15 years.
Survivors include four children, Diana BORSE, Texas, Marcia NILSSON, California,
Terry FONSECA, Georgia, Craig HUNT, Vermont; four stepchildren, Becky VENICE, Oregon,
Jan Richard REINEKE, South Bend, Nancy TUBERTY, Tennessee, Peggy BLAUVELT, South
Bend; 32 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren.
Preceding in death with his wife was a stepgranddaughter, Sheila TUBERTY.
Cremation has taken place. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at McClain
Funeral Home, Denver. Memor-ials may be made to the charity of one’s choice.