Charles Ross Shields
1893 - 1967 (74 years)-
Name Charles Ross Shields Born 8 Jan 1893 Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois 
[1, 2, 3, 4] Gender Male Census 1920 Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Census 1930 Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Census 1940 Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Died 11 Feb 1967 Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois [2, 5] Buried Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois [2] Person ID I763 Hedges Last Modified 15 Nov 2021
Father James Benjamin Shields, b. 24 May 1860, Tennessee , d. 25 Jan 1907 (Age 46 years) Mother Alvina Williams, b. 10 Feb 1862, Illinois , d. 27 Jun 1916 (Age 54 years) Married 1892 [3] Family ID F478 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Wintress Easome Crouch, b. 12 Jan 1901, Vermilion County, Illinois , d. 28 Jan 1993, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 92 years) Married 19 May 1919 Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois [1] Children 1. James Clark Shields, b. 25 Mar 1920, d. 4 Jun 1920, Pendleton, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 0 years)2. Geraldine Shields, b. 18 Aug 1921, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois , d. 29 Mar 2016, Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois (Age 94 years)3. Gerold Charles Shields, b. 6 Mar 1922, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois , d. 29 Aug 1992 (Age 70 years)Last Modified 16 Nov 2021 Family ID F477 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 8 Jan 1893 - Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois 
Married - 19 May 1919 - Mount Vernon, Jefferson County, Illinois 
Census - 1920 - Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Census - 1930 - Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Census - 1940 - Webber, Jefferson County, Illinois Died - 11 Feb 1967 - Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois 
Buried - - Oakdale Cemetery, Bluford, Jefferson County, Illinois = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Rites Wednesday at Bluford for Ross Shields.
Funeral services for Ross Shields will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday at the Bluford Funeral Home with the Rev. Ross Partridge officiating. Burial will be in Oakdale cemetery with members of Jefferson Post 141 American Legion conducting graveside rites.
The body will lie in state at the Bluford Funeral Home where friends may call at any time.
Mr. Shields, 74, of RFD 1., Bluford, died at 9>30 a.m. Monday in Good Samaritan Hospital.
He was born Jan. 8, 1893 in Jefferson county, the son of James and Alvina (Williams) Shields.
On May 19, 1918, he was married to Wintress Crough, who survives. Hs is also survived by a son, Garold Shields of Belleville; a daughter, Mrs. Geraldine Greek, at home; a brother, Dewey Shields; a half-brother, Tom Voyles, both of Mt. Vernon; two sisters, Wretha Shields, and Doris Bain, both of Dixon, Ill., and two grandchildren.
Besides his parents, he was preceded in death by a son and two brothers.
Mr. Shields was a veteran of World War One. [2]
- Rites Wednesday at Bluford for Ross Shields.
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