Cecelia "Cece" Marie Shaw

Cecelia "Cece" Marie Shaw, 62, 903 9th Ave S., Clear Lake, died Friday, Jan. 5, 2007 at the Heritage Care Center, Mason City, Iowa from complications of batteling diabetis. A memorial Mass will be held Friday, Feb. 9, 10:30 a.m., at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Clear Lake, with the Rev. John R. Tilp officiating. According to her wishes her body has been donated to the University of Iowa deeded Body Program. Memorials maybe given to St. Patrick's Church, Clear Lake.
Cece was born Oct. 18, 1944 in Muscatine, Iowa, the daughter of Everett and Mary (Mapes) Lange. She graduated from Hayes Catholic High School and attended Muscatine Community College. She was a dental assistant for Dr. Broghammer and later worked at Unisys. She was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Clear Lake, where she taught religious education, was a Eucharistic minister, and sang in the choir. She was a Brownie leader and member of the JayCee'etts.
Cece is survived by her daughters, Victoria Ballantyne, Phoenix, Az., Julia Becker and her husband, Dan, Clear Lake, and Christina Schesso and her husband, Jerry, Bloomington, Minn.; her mother, Mary C. Lange, Muscatine, Iowa; seven grandchildren, Eric, Megan and Leah Becker, Brittany, Erin and Ryan Ballantyne and Jack Schesso; her brother, James Lange and his wife, Robbie, Phoenix; two sisters, Elizabeth Fletcher and her husband, Roger, Muscatine, and Patricia Church and her husband, Al, Muscatine; and numerous nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her father.
Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, Clear Lake, was in charge of arrangements.