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Roscoe L Shields Jr.
October 8, 1926 - December 23, 2022
Roscoe L Shields Jr., 96, of Lincoln passed away December 23, 2022. Born October 8, 1926, in Lima, Ohio, hometown of his mother. Moved to Nebraska, the home state for the Shields family. Graduated from Lincoln Northeast in 1943. A WW II Navy veteran. Roscoe met Leona Christensen, from Arnold, Nebraska, and they married in 1949.
The focus of Roscoe's career has been in the visual arts and education. His art teaching career stated at Fairbury and then Norfolk. In 1954 he took a position with University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He remained on the UNL staff for forty years. During that time, he pioneered art education through television at NETV. Roscoe graduated from the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, B.F.A., Pennsylvania State University, State College, M.Ed. & D. Ed.
Survived by children Mark and Kay Shields, Martin and Judy Shields, Christi and Steve Dermann, sisters-in-law Nancy Shields and Judy Christensen, sister and brother-in-law Maria and David Polly, 8 grandchildren, 9 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by wife, Leona, sister and brother-in-law Pat and Jerry Delhay, brother Bill Shields, sister-in-law Marion Rakow, brother-in-law Loren Christensen, and grandson-in-law Scott Hansen.
Memorial Service: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 21.2023 at Roper and Sons South Lincoln Chapel, 3950 Hohensee Drive. Memorials to Scott D. Hansen "Hang Ten" Memorial Scholarship Foundation for L.P.S., 5905 O Street, Lincoln, NE 68510. Condolences online at Roperandsons.com
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Carol Glancy
January 17, 2023
So very thankful to have had Dr. Shields as my art instructor for art classes. He would joke saying he knew the next question would always be mine, but he demonstrated such kindness and patience with his students and was a wonderful role model.
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