Glenna Elaine Shaw

Glenna Elaine Shaw, age 86, passed away Sept. 1, 2022. She was born Glenna Monheim in San Francisco, Calif., on Jan. 5, 1936.

She graduated from Balboa High School and attended City College in San Francisco. She met and married Robert J. Shaw in 1955 and had three sons: Robert Shaw IV, Brian and Neil while living in Gonzales, Calif.

Over the years, she worked in Salinas at Hansen Farms, KSBW Channel 8 and finally as a clerk for the Monterey County Building Department where she retired. She attended Trinity Episcopal Church in Gonzales, Calif., and finally St. Paul's Episcopal in Salinas, Calif. She was a voracious reader, took up photography and loved movie trivia, especially of the MGM studios heyday. Even in her elderly years, she stayed up on current events using audio books, iPad and computer. She enjoyed researching various subjects online and her sense of curiosity never waned.

She is preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy (Kline) Monheim; her father, Gerald Monheim; her husband, Robert Shaw; and her eldest son, Robert Shaw IV. She is survived by sons, Brian and Neil; daughter-in-law, Kimberly Shaw; beloved daughter in law, Anita Fragoso-Shaw; grandsons, Andrew and Christopher Bancroft. She is also survived by her sister, Joyce (Monheim) Zouzounis; her nephews, Steven and Mike Zouzounis; two granddaughters, Amanda and Amber Shaw; daughter-in-law, Cindy Shaw; two great-grandsons, Ryan and Colton Vancil of Bakersfield, Calif.

Services will be held on Nov. 5, 2022 at 10 a.m. at St Paul's Episcopal Church on 1071 Pajaro Street in Salinas, Calif.

Gathering on site at the church hall immediately after services.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.palmboulderhighway.com for the Shaw family.

Published in Salinas Valley Tribune · October 3, 2022