© The Chickasha Express-Star10 April 2005
Ghlena Doris [Thornton] OldShield
Graveside service for Ghlena Doris OldShield, 82, of Lawton, Oklahoma will be held art 1:30 p.m., Monday, April 11, 2005 at the Ninnekah Cemetery. Ghlena Doris OldShield was born February 28, 1923 in Ninnekah, Oklahoma the daughter of Vernon E. "Judge" and Kathryn [Marshall] Thornton and died April 7, 2005 in Norman, Oklahoma.
Mrs. OldShield was a lifelong resident of Oklahoma. In 1946 she married Ernest OldShield, a Native American born in New York. They resided in Lawton, Oklahoma from 1955 and she remained in their home after his death in 1990.
Mrs. OldShield attended Cameron College and began her professional career in 1967 at Fort Sill as a civilian employee. She retired in 1986 as a comptroller in D.I.O. For numerous years she was active in the federal civilian employees union, traveling extensively as a representative.
She was preceded in death by her nephew, Carl Lake.
Survivors include two children, Phyllis, who resides in Philadelphia with her husband John and three children, J. Scott, David and Allison where she is an attorney, and Kenneth resides in Norman with his wife Kathy and is a respiratory therapist; two sisters, Kathryn Maxine Richardson of Oklahoma City and Jeanneane Lake of Gardnerville, NV; seven grandchildren, Shannon OldShield and husband Dick Baker of Greenville, TX, Sarah OldShield of Tahlequah, OK, Kendi OldShield of Oklahoma City, J. Scott, David and Alison McHale of Philadelphia, PA and Danielle Williams; four great grandchildren, Alexija, Fox, Campbell and Raimi OldShield of Greenville, TX; and nieces, Linda Noble of Gilroy, CA and Carol Johnson of Gardnerville, NV.
Interment will be in the Ninnekah Cemetery under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home.
