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Mrs. Mary L. Shaw Gorman, 91, formerly of 368 Main St., Northwood, Tyrone, died at 3:35 a.m. Monday, December 12, 2005 at the Tyrone Hospital.
She was born July 14, 1914 in Tyrone a daughter of Joseph Albert and Olive (Chronister) Decker.
She was twice married: first to Eugene Shaw on December 12, 1931 who died June 16, 1962. Then to Ernest Gorman on July 6, 1968 who died October 31, 1983.
She is survived by a son Dorsey L. Shaw and his wife Joyce of Hollidaysburg and a daughter Catherine S. Arnold and her husband Thomas of Tyrone.
Grandchildren: Jeffrey Shaw, Thomas E. Arnold, Jr., Scott T. Arnold, Lori McGovern, Mark Arnold and Michael Arnold.
Great-grandchildren: Stephanie and Steven Shaw; Katherine, Matthew, Lauren and Dylan Arnold; Alison and Sean McGovern and Aaron Fields.
She was preceded by a son Allen E. Shaw and brothers Kenneth and Dorsey Decker, and a sister Catherine Buohl.
She was a member of the Warriors Mark Bible Baptist Church.
She had been employed as a custodian at the Tyrone Area High School from 1962 to 1969.
Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 11 a.m. at the Derman Funeral Home, Inc., Tyrone, with Pastor Steven E. Burns officiating. Interment will be at Hustontown Cemetery, Fulton County.
Friends will be received at the funeral home on Wednesday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.
Contributions in her memory may be offered to the Warriors Mark Bible Baptist Church.

By Rick