OBIT: Dale C. SHIELDS, 2006, Shirleysburg, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mike Gifford Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm __________________________________________ Dale C. Shields Dale C. Shields, 87, of RD, Shirleysburg, died at 11:15 p.m., Sunday, December 17, at the Woodland Retirement Center, Orbisonia. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, December 21 at the Martin R. Brown Funeral Home, Orbisonia, with Rev. Dayton Sines officiating. Interment will be made at Haven Rest Memorial Park, Shirleysburg. He was born January 23, 1919 at Doylesburg, he was the son of the late. Charles and Clara (Piper) Shields. He was married to the former Lena Home who preceded in death August 1, 1997. The following children are survive: Dale Shields II of RD, Shirleysburg and Jody Sunderland of RD, Mount Union. Mr. Shields is also survived by four grandchildren, three step grandchildren, two great grandchildren and one step great grandson. He was preceded in death by one brother, Corwin Shields and two sisters, Ethel Varner Shrader and Mary Biddle Crider. Mr. Shields was a member of the Shirleysburg Grange, the Pennsylvania State Grange, Fort Shirley Lions Club, Cromwell Lodge #572 F. & A. M. Orbisonia, Harrisburg Consistory, Jaffa Shrine, Altoona and the Mapleton American Legion. He retired in 1982 from Letterkenny Army Depot, Chambersburg and was also involved in construction work and farming. Mr. Shields was a veteran of World War II serving in the US Army Air Corps. The Valley Log, Orbisonia, Pa., December 20, 2006