 West Hill Cemetery Sherman, Texas   Robert W. O'Shields 24 May 1922 - 27 June 2005 US Army WWII  Nancy Laws O'Shields went to be with the Lord Jesus Christ on Thursday, December 21, 2017. She was born October 1, 1924 in North Shields, England, daughter of Charles and Margaret Laws. Nancy was the oldest of 6 children. Her teenage years were spent weathering the daily bombings by the Germans in World War II. When she was 19 years old, she joined the English Land Army. Then she worked on a dairy farm replacing the men that had left to serve in the war. It was during this time that she met Robert O'Shields and married in April 1945. Robert was a member of the US Army Air Force, and was deployed back to the States soon after the end of World War II. Nancy gave birth to a daughter, Carole Anne and in November 1946 both traveled to the U.S. on a ship in stormy seas, where it took 10 long days to make the trip. Then, they traveled by train from New York to Texarkana, Texas; then by bus from Texarkana to Sherman. Nancy spent her life being the best mother to two girls, and loving wife to Bob. Nancy loved cooking for her family, sewing all her daughters' clothes, knitting and crocheting. She was quite an accomplished seamstress, and had even made the wedding dresses for both her daughters. In 1964 she became grandmother (Mammaw) to Teresa Spradlin. In 1969 was grandmother to Brett Gentry and Tricia Spradlin. Her grandchildren were the apples of her eye. In 1986 she became great-grandmother to Brittany Floyd; in 1990 to Justin Gentry, 1991 to Amber Long, and in 1998 to Samantha Ebanks. In 2004 Nancy was diagnosed with breast cancer and has a mastectomy; in that same year, she was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimers. Nancy fought both battles with grace and strength. She succumbed to Alzheimers on Thursday, December 21, 2017. Carole Spradlin was caregiver and guardian for 4 years before entering Homestead of Denison Memory Care Unit. Nancy was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sisters, Doreen and Audrey; brother, Norman; and son-in-law, Richard Spradlin. Nancy is survived by her daughters, Carole Spradlin of Sherman; and Patricia Gentry and husband, Steve, of Grannis, Arkansas; 2 sisters, Vera Laws and Anne McDonough, both of England; grandchildren , Teresa Young and husband, Gary; Brett Gentry; Tricia Apostolo and Zach; great-grandchildren, Brittany Chavarria and husband, Zach; great-grandchildren, Brittany Chavarria and husband, Cruz; Amber Long; and Samantha Ebanks. Cremation was by Waldo Funeral Home. - - - - Waldo Funeral Home West Hill Cemetery Elaine Nall Bay ©2021 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |