OBITUARY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 12775, 20 October 1919, Page 5

OBITUARY.

JAMES MLEOD SHIELDS. A much-esteemed resident of Rangi--ola,,. r .*'^ l ' J ; une.-i M’Leo.i iSniclds, died on limrsuay night in tho nitiety-lirsl ot hio age. .Mr Shields was born ai Liiia.hrk, Lanarkshire, Scotland, and in . -h.( ; when thirty-four year,- ot age, •ie eaine to Ganwn-buxy, for six vear.s Utter lus arrival he was in the employ oi Die mto .Judge Gresson on his tann. Wnihora, Aomfend. Afterwards he managed n j alm ilt ], o bn„i for Mr i Feta inrun, and later was employed for ; tunc by Mr Henry Gicy at'Southj hroo.t. -»‘ ; oui IStffi ho undertook too | management of M r A. K. S. Gordcaux’s ) tarm at Uuapnaa, a position he held i |° r year.-. lie was engaged lor the next tour years farmin'*- on his own account at Mayfield, and during the pa- 1 nine years live.! in retirement a. Kangiora. tie was a memhor of tho Ma-unio Order, and he was also con- ! , :U .l*"' 1 -. Ull *‘ tUe Manchester Laity | G-ddleaow.-, for over fifty years. being i 'lunat' the greater part of the period ■l l l , iir " UH I'r 1 ' r 01 ' lhe Loyal Rangiora I G o ' H<‘- was a devoted nrnnih.'-r of tlie Presbyterian Chureh, and in the eaiiy days was precentor at John Knox Gnurch, Kangiora. Only a few months fy n . ” 10 congregation presented him i ; V . UI I ' UI e; Gy chair on ids ninetieth . btrtutay, as a token of ciioir regard. ; tie was married in 1871, and is surou- ~' iy }* r8 S'mdds, one son, Mr IV. •Srue-'ds, of lorauha. and a daughter, i Wilson, of Pleasant Point. 1 Tne funeral took place yesterday af-cor-n?j‘l’ ' u . lk i :l birgo. number of Mr Saunas s friends joined the procession Horn his late residence in Edward j street to tho Presbyterian Church | cemetery. Thero was a representative attendance of tho Oddfellows, four of whom acted as bearers. The Rev W. : H. Howes conducted the burial service, ; and P.D.G.M. Brother C. IV. Bell, the I presiding officer of the Rangiora Lodge, , read tlie -funeral ritual of tho Order.