Creek Indian Nation - OBIT:  Ada King Shields
Creek Citizens from across Creek Nation

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   OKbits File Muscogee Nation News
   Creek citizens from across Creek Nation 
   
   SHIELDS
   MUSKOGEE - Ada King SHIELDS was born December 19, 1908. She died
   January 18, 1994, at Tucson (AZ) Medical Center. Funeral services were
   held February 2 at Fosters’ Ivory Chapel with Rev. Paul SAMUELS
   officiating. Pallbearers were Edwin MOORS, Tom DONAHOE, Woody WILSON,
   Curtis WILSON, Rex HARNER, and Joe PARKER. Interment was in the
   Memorial Park Cemetery.
   She graduated from Haskell Indian School and worked for 47 years with
   the Bureau of Indian Affairs, until her retirement in 1981. She was a
   member of Fife Memorial United Methodist Church.
   She is survived by her son, Fred SHIELDS of Tucson; a daughter-in-law,
   Rita SHIELDS of Tucson; three sisters, Lydia NELSON of Eufaula, Lizzie
   LEWIS of Checotah, and Effie HOMERATHA of Oklahoma City; two
   granddaughters and five great-grandchildren.