Franklin B. Shaw, age 97, of Brookings, died Thursday, August 14, 2008, at the Brookings Hospital. Memorial services will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, August 18, 2008, at the Brookings Wesleyan Church, preceded by interment at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M. Sunday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Memorials may be directed to missions of the Wesleyan Church. Franklin Brewster Shaw was born November 4, 1910, in Anacortes, Washington, to Benjamin and Jennie (Feathers) Shaw. Orphaned at a young age, Franklin lived with relatives in Texas and South Dakota. He graduated from Aggie School and attended SDSU. Franklins years in farming and later as greenskeeper at the Brookings Country Club satisfied his great love of nature. He married Beulah R. Nelson on May 27, 1939, in Sioux Falls, and they were blessed with 69 years of marriage. He was inducted into the Army in July 1943 and served two and a half years in the European Theater of World War II. Franklin was a member of the Brookings Wesleyan Church, serving as a Sunday School teacher and on church boards and Trenton Township and school boards. He was a charter member of Golden K Kiwanis Club. He had many interests including gardening, bird watching, woodworking, reading, and travel. Survivors include his wife, Beulah Shaw, of Brookings; daughters, Diane (Robert) Murphy of Omaha, Nebraska, and Karen (Dan) Gust of Longmont, Colorado; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister, Marcella Shaw.