Mrs. Kathryn “Katie” Shields, 79, of Bryant, formerly of Summum, died at 7:10 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 28, 1975, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Jessie Lowder of Bryant with whom she had resided the past 17 years.
She was born on Jan. 25, 1896, near Summum, a daughter of Richard Hiram and Calvernia Porter Belless. She married Herbert Dayle Shields on Aug. 21, 1918. He died in January of 1929.
In addition to her daughter, survivors include two sons, Herbert of Ipava and William Wayne of Peoria; two grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by two sons, one brother and one sister.
She was a member of Canton Eastside Church of the Nazarene.
Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon at Shawgo Memorial Home in Astoria with Rev. W. E. Raker and Rev. R. W. Hale officiating. Burial was in the Summum Cemetery.
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