Raymond G. “Ted” Shawl: Loving
Husband, Father, Grandfather
Raymond G. “Ted” Shawl, 82, of 4430 Rte. 275, Friendship,
passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2019 at Cuba Memorial Hospital’s Palliative
Care Unit after a short illness.
Born on October 1, 1936, in Wellsville, New York, he was a
son of Raymond and Genevieve Simons Shawl.
On June 30, 1962, in Andover, New York he married his wife of 56 years,
the former Ruth A. Waters who survives.
Ted attended Alfred-Almond, Belmont, and last Andover
Central Schools. From the age of 16-21
he worked on a farm and on his 21st birthday he went to work for the Allegany
County Department of Public Works starting as a foreman, then crane maintenance
and operator and eventually became a bridge foreman retiring December 21, 1991.
Some of his highlights in his career were using his crane to
place the Cross on top of Christ United Church in Olean, cleaning the Belmont
falls with a drag bucket, using his crane to place anything possible on the
banks of the Genesee River to protect Jones Memorial Hospital during the flood
of 1972, and the proud construction of multiple bridges throughout the county.
He enjoyed hunting, gardening, picking flowers for his wife,
horses and horse pulls, but when recently asked about one his greatest life achievements
he quickly answered, “My Children Mike and Heidi, my sister Alice, and being
married to the same woman for so many years”.
In addition to his wife he is survived by a son, Michael
(Ellen) Shawl of Friendship; a daughter Heidi (John) Pockey of Black Creek;
three grandchildren, Anthony (Erin) Shawl, Katie “Bug” (Derek) Morris, Thomas
Galatio; four great grandchildren, Austyn, Tanner, Bailey, and Eileigh; a
sister, Alice (Harry) Hurd of Cuba; An Uncle, Michael Simons of Belvedere; a
Sister in Law, Sandra Shawl of Cuba; One Niece, One Nephew, and several
cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother William Shawl. The
family will receive friends at the Mark F. Rinker Funeral Home & Memorial
Service, Inc., 9 Bull Street, Cuba, on Friday, February 22, 2019 from 4-6 p.m.
and on Saturday, February 23, 2019 from Noon until 2:00 p.m. at which time
funeral services will be held. The Rev.
Marc Chamberlain of Genesis Bible Church will officiate. Burial and committal
services will be held in Maple Grove Cemetery, Friendship, New York. Memorial suggestions include Home Care and
Hospice, the Hart Comfort House, and Cuba Memorial Hospital Palliative Care
Unit. Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.rinkerfuneralhome.com.
