Barbara SHIELDS

Barbara Ruth Shields was born at home in Chambers Prairie, WA, on August 28, 1929, to Walter and Ruth Ann Robinson (Hill). Barbara passed away on January 23, 2024, in Spokane, WA. Barbara was preceded in death by her second husband, Walter Shields, her parents, her brother, Frederick(June), her first husband, William F. Jackson, and her son, David Walter Jackson. She is survived by her granddaughter, Deborah Smith of Melbourne, FL, and three great-grandchildren, Michael, Gabriel, and Abegail, also a nephew, Ken Robinson (Janet Owen). Barbara worked for 34 years for Pacific Northwest Bell telephone company both in Olympia and Spokane. Retiring as a Personnel Consultant. She was an officer with the CenturyLink Telephone Pioneers for 5 years and received many tributes for her leadership in that organization. She graduated from William Winlock Miller High School in Olympia, WA, then from Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA, in 1992. She received the EWU Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018 for her countless scholarships and community service. Barbara loved to camp, fish, travel, work, crossword and jumble puzzles, along with bridge and pinochle. She has requested that no funeral service be held. The family suggests that memorials may be given in her name to the EWU Scholarship Foundation, 102 Hargraves Hall, Cheney, WA 99004-2413. Arrangements have been made to inter her cremains at the Pine Grove Cemetery in Rathdrum, Idaho.