In Memory
Rolland Walter Shields
- Birth
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McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Death
- 10 May 2013 (aged 83)
McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska, USA
- Burial
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McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska
Rolland Walter Shields, of McCook, Nebraska, passed away Friday, May 10, 2013, at the McCook Community Hospital, McCook, Nebraska. Rolland was born on December 1, 1929, in McCook, Nebraska, to William Glenn and Nellie Lenore (Phillips) Shields.
Rolland helped on the family farm and graduated from McCook (NE.) Senior High in 1947. After graduation Rolland worked on the family farm for a few years but a call to the ministry and desire for higher education lead him to Lincoln, Nebraska. In 1954, he received a Bachelor of Arts in Religion from Cotner College and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Nebraska Lincoln. In 1955, while serving the First Christian Church in David City, Nebraska he was ordained as a minister. He continued his education and religious service in Lexington, Kentucky where in 1958 he received a Bachelor of Divinity and then a Master of Theology from the College of the Bible. He returned to Nebraska where he served churches in both David City and Giltner, Nebraska. While serving those churches he also obtained a Master of Arts from The University of Nebraska at Lincoln. He then moved to Iowa where he received a Master of Arts from the University and completed all the course work for a PHD in church history.
Rolland took a factuality position with the School of the Ozarks and met the love of his life, Rosemary. They were united in marriage on August 10th, 1969. The couple returned to McCook, Nebraska and were blessed with two daughters. Rolland worked at Dayco and also continued his ministry by serving as an interim pastor in a number of the surrounding communities. He was a devoted family man and loved to spend time with his family. He also enjoyed working in the garden/flower beds, attending musical productions, and spending time with the family pets.
Rolland was preceded in death by: parents, William and Nellie Shields; infant sister, Dorthy Shields; brother, Marvin Shields; sister Hazel Collins and brother-in-laws, Bill Collins, Richard McMurtry and Robert Patterson, and sister-in-law, Linda Jamison.
Survivors are: wife, Rosemary Shields of McCook, Nebraska; daughters, Christina Shields of Omaha Nebraska and Regina Shields of Lincoln, Nebraska; brother, Harley and wife Elda Shields, of McCook, Nebraska; sisters, Marjorie McMurtry of Lincoln, Nebraska and Maxine Patterson, of Lawrence, Kansas; sister in-law, Alvena and husband Edwin Armstrong, of Lebanon, Missouri; special cousin Mary Propp, of McCook, Nebraska and a host of family and friends.
Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery, McCook, Nebraska.
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