William H. "Bill" Shields, 93, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2024, at the Western Kentucky Veterans Center in Hanson, Kentucky.

He was born in Sturgis, Kentucky, on July 25, 1930, to the late Fendell and Beulah Williams Shields.  Bill was a Korean War U.S. Air Force veteran.  He married Lilla Elaine "Sis" Pardue on June 1, 1957, in Pineville, Louisiana.  In 1959, Bill moved to Henderson and purchased the Henderson Typewriter Company.  He later founded Business Equipment, Inc., building a chain of seven office equipment stores.  Bill was known to be a gifted sales person.  He was a member of The Presbyterian Church of Henderson.

He was preceded in death by his wife of 48 years, Lilla "Sis" Pardue Shields; and six siblings, Kay Williams, Magaret Banull, Joy Hogue, Virginia Bean, Louis Shields, and Wilburn Shields

Survivors include his wife, Marcia Shields of Owensboro, Kentucky; one daughter, Karen Shields Liles and her husband, Tony, of Henderson; two sons, Michael Shields and Stanley Shields and his wife, Karen Wilson Shields, all of Henderson; one brother, Dr. Jerry Allen Shields and his wife, Carol, of Byrn Mawr, Pennsylvania; five grandchildren, Meredith Havlin and her husband, Kevin, Margaret Adams and her husband, Greg, Madeline Liles and spouse, Laci Grisham-Liles, Hunter Shields, and Christopher Shields; seven great-grandchildren, Everett Havlin, Norah Havlin, Lena Adams, Zelie Adams, Dominic Adams, GT Adams, and Levi Adams; and nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2024, at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home.  The Reverend Bill Bursztynski will officiate.  Burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens with full military rites performed by American Legion Worsham Post No. 40.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2024, and 9 a.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home.

Contributions may be made to the Salvation Army of Henderson.

Online condolences may be made at www.rudyrowland.com.