The following was extracted from Where The Trails Cross - Volume 26:1 Fall of 1995

By Brad L. Bettenhausen

Robert E. Shields
- Southtown Economist, Chicago, IL - Thursday, October 12, 1989 -

Robert E. Shields, 71 yrs., of Blue Island. Son of the late Charles B. and the late Elizabeth (nee Martin); brother of Charles W. (Ada) of Connecticut. Visitation Saturday 1 to 3 PM at Krueger Funeral Home, 13050 Greenwood Ave., Blue Island. Cremation private.

The individual appears on the Shield family stone in lot 17 of the original cemetery plat. From the obituary, it is noted that he was cremated. His ashes (cremains) were buried at Batchelors Grove Cemetery.