Former educator taught KCK children for 30 years. She deserves a dignified farewell | Opinion

Marva Jean Shaw was a longtime educator and Bible school teacher in Wyandotte County. LaVance Anderson, one of Shaw’s former Sunday school students, vividly recalls when Shaw let the then teenager borrow her car to go on a date.

“It was a yellow Camaro,” Anderson said. “How crazy is that?”

Shaw died June 16 at 83. Recently, I spoke with Anderson and another one of Shaw’s former students and both described her as a kind and compassionate woman who stressed the importance of education…

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