Name: Shields, Ora Milton
Burial Date: 1994, 06/26
Age at Death: 79
Plot Location: 966 D
Notes: husband of Ada Lou(Forrester)
War: WW2   

 

Birth: Jul. 24, 1914 Lebanon Smith County Kansas, USA Death: Jun. 23, 1994 Hutchinson Reno County Kansas, USA Son of Milton Shields & Martha Elizabeth “Lizzie” Malone. Married 6-8-1940 to Ada Lou Forrester. They had Mark & Karen Shields. Ora had the “Sterling High School Ora Shields Activity Center” named after him for being a great Educator. He was a beloved Teacher & Coach. He loved Wood Working & Golf. From The Hutchinson News, Saturday June 25, 1994, p. 2: Ora M. Shields STERLING – Ora M. Shields, 79, died June 23, 1994 at Wesley Medical Center, Wichita. He was born July 24, 1914, at Lebanon, the son of Milton and Elizabeth Malone Shields. He received a graduate degree and master’s degree from Emporia State Teachers College. A longtime Sterling resident, he was a retired educator and superintendent of USD 376, Sterling. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and the Rotary Club, both at Sterling, and the National Education Association. He was a veteran of World War II, having services in the United States Navy. On June 8, 1940, he married Ada Lou Forrester at Oklahoma City. She survives. Other survivors include: a son, Mark A., Marlton, N.J.; two grandsons, Bryan Shields, Houston, and Alex De Rario, Mesa, Ariz. Funeral will be a 2 p.m. Monday at Sterling United Methodist Church with the Rev. James Graves presiding. Friends may call from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Porter-Sillin Funeral Home, Sterling, burial will be in the Sterling Community Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to the Joe Henry Golf Course or the donor’s choice, both in care of the funeral home.Family links: Parents: Milton Shields (1835 – 1929) Elizabeth Malone Hashbarger (1875 – 1935) Spouse: Ada Lou Forrester Shields (1918 – 2003) *Siblings: Elizabeth Shields Williams (1858 – 1943)** Louis Wetsel Shields (1860 – 1960)** Emmarilla Shields Porter (1864 – 1954)** Verlina “Lina” Shields Amis (1868 – 1968)** Marion Taylor Shields (1870 – 1948)** Edgar Bennett Shields (1873 – 1974)** Birdie M Shields Wentworth (1876 – 1977)** Maude Leona Shields McGuire (1879 – 1961)** Rose S Shields Rogers (1881 – 1918)** Fleeta Jane Hashbarger House (1896 – 1985)** Ora Milton Shields (1914 – 1994)*Calculated relationship **Half-sibling Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 966 B Created by: Sharrell n Record added: May 11, 2011 Find A Grave Memorial# 69668180