San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....SHIELDS, BARBARA RUTH September 13 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Vickie Stone VctrStV4U@aol.com September 15, 2004, 1:55 pm Lodi News September 15, 2004 BARBARA RUTH SHIELDS Barbara Ruth Shields of Stockton passed away on Monday, September 13, 2004. She was born on July 31, 2004, in Phoenix, Arizona to Alva Francis Hazelbaker and Flaudia Elizabeth Boren Hazelbaker. Her family moved to Stockton when she was a young girl. She attended Jefferson Grammar School and graduated from Stockton High School in 1947. She was a homemaker and mother, and an avid reader of mystery novels. She was also a very talented interior decorator. She was married for forty-five years to husband, Wayne Shields, who preceded her in death in January 2003. Barbara Ruth Shields She is survived by her daughters, Claudia and husband, Mike Young, Ruth and husband, Gene Hancock of Lockeford, Diane and husband, Bill Braden of Manteca; son, Jack Shields of Lodi; and brother, Darrel and wife, Audrey Hazelbaker of Lodi; eleven grandchildren, Jeff Young, Leslie Sheets, Ashley Young, Kim and Andrew Hancock, Tammie Williams, Richie Braden, Ken, Jennifer and Kevin Shields, and twelve great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Martin Shields and a brother, Harold Hazelbaker. funerals are Friday, September 17 at 1:00 p.m. at the Wallace-Martin Funeral Home, 520 North Sutter Street, Stockton. Visitation hours are Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Committal is at Rural Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/gob1648shields.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb