Jesse Edmund Shields

To watch funeral service please click on link below. https://youtu.be/5yJFttkDmNI Jesse E. Shields, 39, passed away unexpectedly on Friday, February 24, 2023 at home in Richland Center. He was born on August 26, 1983, the son of Thomas and Deborah (Brenner) Shields. He graduated from Richland Center High School in 2002. He attended UW-Richland and went on to graduate from UW-Madison. Growing up Jesse was dearly loved by his family. He was a fun-loving adventurer, enjoying the outdoors, always hunting deer, turkeys, morel mushrooms and ginseng. He was an avid player of baseball and basketball, which he loved, and had many friends. Later in life, Jesse traveled with friends to canoe the Boundary Waters, hike the Appalachian Trail and Smokey Mountains, the Bighorns in Wyoming and the Rocky Mountains. Jesse worked residential and commercial construction, had his own business, as well as working with his Father on many building and remodeling projects. He most recently was employed at Meister Cheese. Jesse’s life can be summed up as one of caring and giving to many. He had a heart of gold. Whenever someone was in need, he would give and help wherever he could. Many times, he shared his home and resources with people in need. Isaiah 58 says, “Is this not the kind of fasting I have chosen…to loose the chains of injustice and united the cords of the yoke? Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the homeless poor with shelter? When you see the naked, to clothe them, and not turn away? Then your light will break forth like the dawn.” And now it has for Jesse. Survivors include his parents Tom (Debbie) Shields; brother, Micah (Kari) Shields of Sugar Grove, IL; 2 nephews, Graham and Charlie Shields of Sugar Grove, IL; aunts and uncles, Ed (Fran) Shields of Green Valley, AZ, Harry (MaryBeth) Shields of Nashville, TN, Frank (Kathy) Shields of Crystal Lake, IL, Denny (Meg) Shields of Pleasant Prairie, WI, Mark (Julie) Brenner of Eagle River, WI, Dorothy (David) Bell of Belvidere, IL, Dawn (Burliss) Parker of Freeport, IL; sister-in-law, Lynda Brenner; many cousins, other relatives and friends. He was preceded in death by his infant sister, Hannah; aunts and uncles, Diana Brenner, Darcey Blazier, Bill Brenner, Rich Shields, Mary Kay Shields; cousin Brandon Shields. A celebration of Jesse’s life will be held on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Noon at Clary Memorial Funeral Home in Richland Center with Rev. Burliss Parker officiating. Burial will be held in the Richland Center Cemetery at a later date. Friends may call on Saturday, March 11, 2023 from 10:00 AM to Noon at the Clary Memorial Funeral Home. www.clarymemorialfuneralhome.com To watch funeral service please click on link below. https://youtu.be/5yJFttkDmNI .

Jesse Edmund Shields

August 26, 1983 - February 24, 2023