San Joaquin County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Shields, Barbara Ruth September 13 2004 ********************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/copyright.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/obits/obitsca/obitsca.htm ********************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Cheryl Davis-Holman Cis1052@aol.com September 19, 2004, 8:36 pm The Record September 16, 2004 Stockton Barbara Ruth Shields July 31, 1929 - September 13, 2004 Barbara Ruth Shields, 75, of Stockton passed away on Monday, September 13, 2004. She was born July 31, 1929, in Phoenix, AZ 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. She is survived by 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, Darrell and wife Audrey Hazelbaker of Lodi; dearest grandmother of 11 grandchildren, Jeff Young, Leslie Sheets, Ashley Young, Chris, Kim, and Andrew Hancock, Tammie Williams, Richie Braden, Ken, Jennifer and Kevin Shields, and 12 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a son, Martin Shields, and a brother, Harold Hazelbaker. Funeral Services are Friday, September 17, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. at the Wallace- Martin Funeral Home, 520 N. Sutter St., Stockton, CA. Visitation hours are Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Mortuary. Committal: Rural Cemetery. File at: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ca/sanjoaquin/obits/ob1303shields.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/caobfiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb