Allegra Shaw Cannon
May 12, 2009
By Administrator
Allegra Cannon
Allegra Shaw Cannon, of Sammamish, died quietly in her sleep, after a courageous 15-year battle with cancer, on Tuesday, May 5, 2009, in Issaquah. She was 79.A memorial service was held at the Dolby and Dorr Funeral Home in Gorham, Maine, May 11. Following the service, there was a gathering in her memory for family and friends at her home on The Pond at Bonny Eagle, Standish, Maine.
Allegra was born Sept. 15, 1929, in Millinocket, Maine, the daughter of Herbert and Margaret (Emery) Shaw. She was raised in Gorham, Maine, where she graduated from Gorham High School in 1947.
She went to work for J.J. Nissen Baking Co. in Portland, Maine, in 1952. She was appointed plant manager for the Freihofer Baking Co. in Albany, N.Y., in 1966. She retired in 1987.
She moved to Issaquah in 1989 to be near her grandchildren. She, her son and daughter-in-law formed The ClearView Group Inc. in 1986, and she consulted in the baking industry around the world for the next decade.
From 1989 until the time of her death, she lived a half-year in Sammamish and a half-year at her Maine summer home on The Pond at Bonny Eagle. She enjoyed spending her time with friends and family, and being of service to others. A ground-breaker in her professional life, a pillar of support to her family in her personal life, she will be forever remembered as the loving and caring person who always reached out to help those in need.
Survivors include her son Robert A. Cannon (Leslie) and three grandchildren, of Sammamish; her sister Cleo Shaw Sanborn (Dick), of Raymond, Maine; her sister Theo Shaw Sinkler (Jerome), of Lithonia, Ga.; and several nieces and nephews living in Maine, Illinois and Wisconsin. She was predeceased by four brothers, Dewayne E. Shaw, of Gorham, and Edwin, Herbert Jr. and Eugene, who died as children.
Friends and family are invited to share memories and sign the family’s online guest book at www.dolbyfuneralchapels.com.
