Sandra Shawver

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* WHAT...Heat index values up to 105.
* WHERE...Portions of east central and southeast Indiana, northern Kentucky, and south central, southwest, and west central Ohio.
* WHEN...Until 8 PM EDT Thursday.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Lows in the mid 70s will provide little relief at night.

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Sandra Shawver

Sandra L. Shawver, 62, 788 E. 300 South, Portland, Ind., died early morning July 24, 2006, at her residence following a lengthy illness.

She was born May 24, 1944, in Pontiac, Mich., to Ted and Sarah Whitesell Stouder. In 1961, she married Pete Shawver, who survives.

Also surviving are three sons, Zane, Jeff and Pete, all of Portland; two daughters, Kim (Chuck) Post, Celina, and Sherry (Ernie) Pyle, Decatur, Ind.; four sisters, Carol Miller, Eugene, Ore., Trudy Collins, Gaston, Ind., and Donna Alexander and Tammy Guthrie, both of Portland; 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services are 10 a.m. Wednesday at Baird-Freeman Funeral Home, Portland, the Rev. Hugh Kelly officiating. Burial will follow at Lawndale Cemetery, Ridgeville, Ind.

Calling is 4-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Contributions can be made to Jay County Cancer Society or State of the Heart Home Health & Hospice, Coldwater.

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