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Obituary- Shields, William

WILLIAM T. “BILL”
SHIELDS
William T. “Bill” Shields, 81 died at his home northwest of Havensville.

He was born Jan. 25, 1927, near Havensville, the son of William and Lena Gunther Shields. He graduated from Havensville High School in 1945 and served in the U.S. Army in Switzerland and Germany.

Bill was a member of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church in Onaga and a former member of St. Patrick Catholic Church in the Coal Creek Community. He was also a member of Jimmie Lillard American Legion Post No. 31 at Rossville.

Bill was a farmer and stockman. He was proud of his cattle, his Duroc hogs and his horses.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Jerome Shields.

Survivors include a brother, Everett Shields, Pine Bluffs, Wyo.; two sisters, Mary Ellen Ashby, Centralia, Ill., and Rosanna Flach, Paxico; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Mass of Christian burial will be 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 19, at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.

Burial with military honors will follow in St. Patrick’s Cemetery at Coal Creek.

Memorials are suggested to the St. Patrick’s/Coal Creek Cemetery Directory Fund or St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, and may be sent in care of Tessendorf-Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 300, Onaga, KS 66521.

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