Shields, Elizabeth (Connolly) 1851 - 1905

SHIELDS, CONNOLLY

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 12/11/2018 at 12:23:00

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Mar. 24, 1905, FP, C5

Mrs. Christ Shields, of Howard Center township, died Wednesday morning at 1 o’clock, from the effect of a paralytic attack, having suffered two or three previously. She leaves a husband and several children. The funeral takes place at the church of the Assumption at 2 o’clock this afternoon. We will publish a fitting obituary of deceased in a following issue.

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Mar. 28, 1905, LP, C5

SHIELDS.
Elizabeth Connolly was born in Emescorthy, county Watford, Ireland, in 1851.
In 1870 she came to America and located in Rockford, Ill., where she was united in marriage to Christopher Shields in 1871.
In 1874 she and her husband moved to Cresco, Iowa, where they have since resided.
On Sunday, March 19, 1905, she suffered an apoplectic stroke, from which she never regained consciousness, and on Wednesday, March 22d she passed away at 1 o’clock a. m.
She was a devoted wife and mother, a model home maker and a devout Christian. She leaves to mourn her death, a husband, one sister and six children, Mary, Ella, Christopher W., Elizabeth, Joseph, Charles and James, all of whom were at her bedside when she passed away. Two children preceded her.

Tho we mourn on earth for our dear one,
We will meet again on high,
And again rejoice in that sought for home;
In that land beyond the sky.

She heard the voices of loved ones,
Who had passed o’er that river before
Calling to her to join them there,
On that lovely eternal shore.

Angelic choirs will be singing there;
All hearts will be free from pain,
And again unite in a solemn prayer,
In a home where we’ll meet again.