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- from "The New York Times", 1 Mar 1937 (nytimes.com)
The work of missionaries in the Philippine Islands was described yesterday by Deaconess Kate Sibley Shaw, on furlough after twelve years in the Philippines. She spoke before the congregation of St. Bartholomew's Church, Park Avenue and Fifty-first Street. "I wish we might get rid of the idea that it is too bad to disturb the complacency of their primitive people happy in their belief or disbelief," Deaconess Shaw said. "They are not happy, Their lives are a constant nightmare, lived in constant fear of incurring the displeasure of the evil spirits. It is the church alone that brings to the these people any peace and happiness, in contrast to their barren lives lived in the squalor and degradation of their miserable little huts."
- from "The Corning Evening Leader", 11 May 1937 (fultonhistory.com)
The farthest missionary field became the closest Monday afternoon at Christ Episcopal Church when Deaconess Kate Sibley Shaw described her work in the Philippine Islands to members of the Parish Aid Society. Deaconess Shaw who is on furlough this year is in charge of the All Saints School for Girls, organized by the late Bishop Brent, predecessor of Bishop Ferris of the Episcopal Diocese of Rochester. The particular territory in which Deaconess Show carries on her activities is the farthest away of all the missionary fields from the local organization. The program was presented the the auspices of the the educational committee, Deaconess Shaw is one of the speakers for the diocesan convention being held today and Wednesday in Rochester.
- from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, 30 Mar 1945 (newspapers.com)
Medina - Mrs. G.H. Simonds of Pearl Street has received word that her cousin, Deaconess Kate Dibley Shaw, is safe and well in a camp near Los Banos, Luzon, having been released from the internment camp at Santo Tomas. Deaconess Shaw is known in Medina and Western New York, having lived in Buffalo and served with Bishop Brent before leaving for the Philippine Islands, where she had charge of All-Saints Mission of the Episcopal Church at Bontac on the Island of Luzon. She was on her way to the United States when captured by the Japs.
- from "The New York Daily News", 22 Oct 1949 (newspapers.com)
A Requiem Mass for Deaconess Kate Sibley Show, 69, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, will be offered at 11 A.M. today at the Episcopal Church of the St. Mary the Virgin, 139 W. 46th St. Deaconess Show, who was a missionary in the Philippines from 1925 to 1945, died Thursday at the House of the Holy Comforter, 196th St. and the Grand Concourse, Bronx. Her health was impaired by four years' imprisonment in the Philippines during the war. She was liberated by American forces in 1945.
- from "The Chicago Tribune", 16 Dec 1949 (newspapers.com)
SHAW - Deaconess Kate Sibley Shaw, daughter of the late James A. Sibley and Elizabeth Sibley. Passed away New York City, Oct. 20. Services Christ Episcopal church, Saturday, Dec. 17, 3 p.m. Interment Oak Woods cemetery. Please omit flowers.
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1879 - 1949 (69 years)
James Adolphus Sibley, b. 21 Nov 1832, Allen's Hill, Richmond, NY 