In the death of Miss Alice Shields at the home of her mother, Mrs. Thomas Shields, Osgoode, a promising young lady was brought to a close. A graduate of Ottawa Normal School and an ex-student of the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. Miss Shields enjoyed a successful though brief career in the teaching profession. Keenly interested and progressive in educational development, her future was filled with promise. Miss Shields leaves to mourn her loss her mother, three sisters, Misses May, Bertha, and Ida, three brothers, Patrick, Stephen and Thomas.
The funeral held on Wednesday morning to St. John’s Church and cemetery, Osgoode, was very largely attended. Grand high requiem mass was chanted by the pastor. Rev. Father
Corkery as celebrant, Rev. Father O'Gorman, of Metcalfe, and Rev. Father Prudhomme as deacon and sub-deacon. The pall-bearers were six cousins of deceased: Messrs. Dominic O’Brien, Edmund Dewan, Timothy, Andrew, and Thomas Shields, and Thomas O’Rourke. The spiritual offerings were numerous and among the floral tributes a cross from the family, and wreath from the Supply and Transport Branch of the Militia Department, Ottawa. Sterling qualities of character and a winning personality won for Miss Shields a wide popularity in social and professional circles.
