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| Lucy Moore Shaw Born: 02 Apr 1915 Grass Valley, Nevada Co., CA Married: 15 Aug 1939 San Antonio, Bexar, TX Died 17 Nov 1999 Napa, Napa, CA Buried: Ashes scattered at Point Reyes, CA FATHER MOTHER HUSBAND CHILDREN |
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Lucy Moore Shaw
by Chase Brooke
Sep 2023
Lucy, born in Green Valley, California, on 15 Aug 1939. (1) She moved with her family to Chile when
she was 18 mo's. old. At the age of 5 she moved to Tampico, Mexico where her
father was the manager of an oil company. Through her older brother she met Jack
Brooke who used to come to Monterrey to visit once in a while.
Lucy went to nursing school and continued to know Jack as a friend of her
brother's. He used to fly a crop duster by her school to impress the girls.
After nursing school she worked in a hospital in Temple, Texas. Jack was in the
hospital regularly visiting his mother who was a patient there. They started
dating and were married in 15 Aug 1939 in San Antonio, TX (2)
The family moved to Monterrey, Mexico in 1946 where Chuck and John grew up.
Lucy died in Napa, CA on 17 Nov 1999. (3)
Sources
(1) Birth certificate Lucy Moore Shaw
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(2) Marriage certificate of Chase Jackson Brooke to Lucy Shaw  |
 Laredo Times |
Simplicity and beauty charaterized the wedding Saturday evening of
Miss Lucy Shaw, daughter of Mr. and Mrs., J. L. Shaw of Monterrey,
Mexico, and Chase Jackson Brooke of Houston son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J.
Brooke, of Rosita, Mexico. Rev. John Rideout read te marriage line
at 6 o'clock before members of the families and a few close friend at
St. Mark's Episcopal Church. Mrs. Jack Shaw, sister-in-law of the bride was the only attendant. She wore a dark blue crepe dress with a large laghorn hat and carried a corsage of Rhubrum lillies attached to her handbag. The bride wore pale blue lace. Her hat was a small togue of sapphire blue velvet and she carried a brocaded hanbag with a spray of lily-of-the valley attached to it. Mr. and Mrs. Brooke left for the fair in San Francisco and upon their return will make their home in Houston. |
(3) Death Certificate
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 Jack and Lucy Brooke |
 1940 with son Chuck |
 1941 with son Chuck |
 1944 San Luis Potosi, Mexico |
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 1964 New York |
 1966 Willingboro, NJ |
 1970 Cocoyoc |
 1974 with grandsons in Tucson, AZ |
 1971 in Mexico City, Mexico |
 1976 |
 1990 Wimberley, TX |
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