Connie L. Schroeder Shew, 55, Hillsboro, died March 22, 2002 in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Memorial services were held Tuesday, March 26, at Evergreen Christian Center. Private interment was in Valley Memorial Park.

Connie was born December 17, 1946, in Osage, Iowa and graduated from Riceville High School. On August 23, 1975 she married Paul Shew in LaJolla, Cal. They moved to Hillsboro 23 years ago.

Connie received training as a nurse at Iowa Methodist Hospital and was a registered nurse, enterostomal therapist and diabetic educator at Tuality Community Hospital. She was a member of Evergreen Christian Center and was active in women’s and children’s ministries, choir and drarpa. She was also a member of the American Diabetes Association, Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society and American Association of Diabetic Educators.

Survivors include her husband, Paul Shew; two daughters, Emily (Kevin) Hughes, and Elizabeth Shew, all of Hillsboro; her parents, Robert and Adeline Schroeder, Osage, Iowa; two sisters, Toni (Rod) Friedrich, Alta Vista, Iowa, and Lois (Bob) Hulton, LeSueur, Minn.; a brother, Roger (Deb) Schroeder, Elma, Iowa; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Evergreen Christian Center, 4400 NW Glencoe Road, Hillsboro, Oreg. 97124; also Tuality Community Hospital that is in the process of establishing a Connie Shew memorial Enterostomal Therapy fund for nurses to further their education.

Source: Riceville Recorder; Apr. 4, 2002 Page 9
from Elma library collection assembled by Marian (Marr) McGee
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