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Edgar Lester Shields

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Edgar Lester Shields

Birth
Blakesburg, Wapello County, Iowa, USA
Death
16 Oct 1967 (aged 72)
Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Appanoose County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Edgar Lester Shields, son of, John Newton and Almeda Christina (Lathrop) Shields.

Edgar Lester Shields siblings are:

Orville Ellsworth Shields b. 1892
Carl Rayburn Shields b. 1893
Mary Blanche Shields b. 1899
Wilbur Shields b. 1904

Edgar Lester Shields married 1st wife, Josephine Edna (DeLong) King on December 16, 1925 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., Iowa.

Edgar Lester Shields married 2nd wife, Rachael Smith in 1939.

Edgar Shields Dated: October 16, 1967
BLAKESBURG -- Edgar L. Shields, 72, longtime farmer in this area, died Monday night at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield.

He was born March 12, 1895, the son of John and Almena Lathrop Shields, near Blakesburg. he was preceded in death by his first wife Josie DeLong Shields in 1936. He later married Rachael Smith in 1939.

Surviving are his wife: two brothers, Orville of Fairfield and Wilbur of Ottumwa; one sister, Blanche Bennett of Blakesburg; and eight stepchildren, Dean DeLong of Nebraska, Donald DeLong of California, Forrest Smith of Indiana, Carl Smith of Iowa Falls, Mrs. Clifford Warner of Blakesburg, Mrs. Ted Rose of Minot, N.D. Mrs. Bill DeFord of Warsaw, Ind., and Mrs. Edwin Page of Scottsdale, Ariz..
Services are in charge of Knedler Funeral Home. Burial will be in Tadlock Cemetery.

Note: Even though Edgar Shields obituary states that he is Tadlock Cemetery, he is listed in Albany Cemetery.

Family Information is contributed by family member:

Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune
Edgar Lester Shields, son of, John Newton and Almeda Christina (Lathrop) Shields.

Edgar Lester Shields siblings are:

Orville Ellsworth Shields b. 1892
Carl Rayburn Shields b. 1893
Mary Blanche Shields b. 1899
Wilbur Shields b. 1904

Edgar Lester Shields married 1st wife, Josephine Edna (DeLong) King on December 16, 1925 in Ottumwa, Wapello Co., Iowa.

Edgar Lester Shields married 2nd wife, Rachael Smith in 1939.

Edgar Shields Dated: October 16, 1967
BLAKESBURG -- Edgar L. Shields, 72, longtime farmer in this area, died Monday night at the Davis County Hospital in Bloomfield.

He was born March 12, 1895, the son of John and Almena Lathrop Shields, near Blakesburg. he was preceded in death by his first wife Josie DeLong Shields in 1936. He later married Rachael Smith in 1939.

Surviving are his wife: two brothers, Orville of Fairfield and Wilbur of Ottumwa; one sister, Blanche Bennett of Blakesburg; and eight stepchildren, Dean DeLong of Nebraska, Donald DeLong of California, Forrest Smith of Indiana, Carl Smith of Iowa Falls, Mrs. Clifford Warner of Blakesburg, Mrs. Ted Rose of Minot, N.D. Mrs. Bill DeFord of Warsaw, Ind., and Mrs. Edwin Page of Scottsdale, Ariz..
Services are in charge of Knedler Funeral Home. Burial will be in Tadlock Cemetery.

Note: Even though Edgar Shields obituary states that he is Tadlock Cemetery, he is listed in Albany Cemetery.

Family Information is contributed by family member:

Yvette E. (Byrum) Aune


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