Edward E. Shields (1934)

CLAYPOOL, CONWAY, GERMAN, GOLDEN, JOHNSON, NELSON, POE, SHIELDS

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler
Date: 12/31/2023 at 13:02:23

The Osceola Sentinel
Osceola, Iowa
Thursday, April 12, 1934
Page 5, Column 4

Edward E. Shields, son of Wesley N. and Mary Jane Shields, was born in Madison county, Ia., July 5, 1856, and died in Murray, Iowa, April 2, 1934, at the age of 77 years, 8 months and 27 days.

His parents were among the pioneer settlers of Clarke county. They came to Iowa from Indiana in 1855, first settling in Madison county, in 1857 to Clarke county on a farm near Hopeville. In this farm home which is now owned by one of their sons, W. C. Shields, ten children were born. Those now living are: Mrs. Caroline Nelson of Butler, Mo., W. C. Shields of Hopeville, Iowa, Mrs. Minerva Johnson of Murray, Iowa, J. H. Shields of New York City, Mrs. Etta German of Weatherford, Okla., Elijah Shields of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mattie Conway of Macksburg, Iowa. The deceased are Mrs. Corilla Claypool, Joseph Shields, and Edward Ed. Shields, the subject of this sketch.

He was married in 1876 to Miss Frances Poe of Hopeville, Iowa, and they established their home in Osceola, Iowa. To them were born four sons, Alvin, Fred and Guy of Portland, Oregon, and Harry of Murray, Iowa.

After the death of his wife, Frances, he was married a second time to Miss Lillie Golden, with whom he lived several years. For the last 17 years he has lived with his brother, W. C. Shields, who generously shared with him the comforts and benefits of his home.

He united with the Christian church at Hopeville when he was a young man living in the parental home.

Ed Shields, as he was always called, was a man of pleasing and agreeable disposition. He made friends readily among all classes of people. He possessed very marked mechanical skill and mastered several trades which he followed successfully. These qualities of character and his superior workmanship always enabled him to find a place of pleasure and profit to himself and of benefit to the community in which he lived.

Tis hard to break the tender cord, where love has found the heart. Tis hard so hard to speak the word, we must forever part. Yet again we hope to meet thee when the day of life is fled, and in Heaven with joy to greet thee where no farewell tears are shed.

Funeral services were held April 4 at 2 o’clock at Hopeville, conducted by Rev. M. D. Cox, the M.E. pastor of Murray. A mixed quartet, Miss Lulu White, Mrs. C. H. Allison, J. E. Ogden and Clarence Arnold, sang “The City Foursquare,” “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” and “In the Garden.” Interment made in Hopeville cemetery.

Those from out of town attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Ben Long and Mrs. Frank Chambless of Kansas City, Mrs. Joe Shields, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Shields and Mr. and Mrs. Wade Nelson of Gravity, Ia., Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Conway, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Claypool and Mr. and Mrs. Lennie Conway of Macksburg, Iowa, and Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Claypool of Des Moines.