Mo Shields Memorial
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On 24 July 2020, one of the good guys left the room. Mo Shields, 84, was never one to turn away from adventure and we believe he is again telling terrible jokes, snuzzling a lifetime of dogs, and giving hugs without limit. Mo (Maurice) was born in the mid-1930’s, and lived happily in Kansas for decades. He and his first wife, Joyce Hodge, had four boys Ralph, Martin, Peter, and Eric while Mo taught school and coached in Herndon KS, Walden CO, Cody WY, and St. Paul MN. A daughter Abby Shields Davis, was born after his 1982 marriage to his best friend Ann Hamilton Shields.
As a young man, Mo played minor league baseball for the Dodgers - and he left this world with the broken fingers and wacky shoulder to prove it! He earned a teaching degree from Friends University and a Masters from Kansas State University, and spent his career teaching and coaching football, basketball, and golf at Bethel College and Cody High School. At various times he worked as a Forest Service ranger and fire lookout, a deputy sheriff, a volunteer fireman, and a WWII tour guide. Well into his seventies you could find him every Saturday hiking 10-20 km through the German forests of Rhineland/Pfalz.
In 1992 Mo and Ann moved with Abby to Berlin Germany to work for the US Army. The job extended to 21 years in Germany while Mo did family counseling and social work for the US Army. A highlight of these years was leading WWII history staff rides and Wounded Warrior excursions for Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Hundreds of deployed staff and Wounded Warriors remember crawling through WWII bunkers and scouting for shrapnel with him in the forests of Belgium and Luxembourg.
Mo’s health deteriorated after their return to the USA in 2013, and he was happy to relax in Washington DC and the MidAtlantic coast. He was predeceased by his parents Dale and Mildred Shields, and three siblings Robert Shields, EJ Stephens, and Kenneth Shields. Survivors include his first wife Joyce Anderson, wife Ann Hamilton Shields of Alexandria, daughter Abby Shields Davis of Annapolis, and sons Ralph of Udall KS, Martin of Garden City KS, Peter of Orlando FL, and Eric of Forks WA. Their spouses and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren will miss him, too. In accordance with his wishes, no services are planned other than a grand potluck in Cody WY in the future, at which time his ashes will be spread near the Clay Butte fire lookout tower in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana.
Please direct any memorials to the Employee Fund at the Fountains of Washington House, to thank the staff for their loving care to “Mr. Mo.” Many of the wonderful staff who cared for him over the past three years are also going to school while working full time and caring for families. It was his wish to help make their lives a bit easier!
As a young man, Mo played minor league baseball for the Dodgers - and he left this world with the broken fingers and wacky shoulder to prove it! He earned a teaching degree from Friends University and a Masters from Kansas State University, and spent his career teaching and coaching football, basketball, and golf at Bethel College and Cody High School. At various times he worked as a Forest Service ranger and fire lookout, a deputy sheriff, a volunteer fireman, and a WWII tour guide. Well into his seventies you could find him every Saturday hiking 10-20 km through the German forests of Rhineland/Pfalz.
In 1992 Mo and Ann moved with Abby to Berlin Germany to work for the US Army. The job extended to 21 years in Germany while Mo did family counseling and social work for the US Army. A highlight of these years was leading WWII history staff rides and Wounded Warrior excursions for Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Hundreds of deployed staff and Wounded Warriors remember crawling through WWII bunkers and scouting for shrapnel with him in the forests of Belgium and Luxembourg.
Mo’s health deteriorated after their return to the USA in 2013, and he was happy to relax in Washington DC and the MidAtlantic coast. He was predeceased by his parents Dale and Mildred Shields, and three siblings Robert Shields, EJ Stephens, and Kenneth Shields. Survivors include his first wife Joyce Anderson, wife Ann Hamilton Shields of Alexandria, daughter Abby Shields Davis of Annapolis, and sons Ralph of Udall KS, Martin of Garden City KS, Peter of Orlando FL, and Eric of Forks WA. Their spouses and numerous grandchildren and greatgrandchildren will miss him, too. In accordance with his wishes, no services are planned other than a grand potluck in Cody WY in the future, at which time his ashes will be spread near the Clay Butte fire lookout tower in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana.
Please direct any memorials to the Employee Fund at the Fountains of Washington House, to thank the staff for their loving care to “Mr. Mo.” Many of the wonderful staff who cared for him over the past three years are also going to school while working full time and caring for families. It was his wish to help make their lives a bit easier!
Organizer
Abby Davis
Organizer
Arnold, MD
