Betty W. Shields, 87, died April 1, 2010, at the VNA Hospice House, Vero Beach.
She was born in Pittsburgh and lived in Vero Beach for four years, coming from Sarasota.
She had worked as the assistant to the president of Carnegie Mellon University and was a past president of the Pittsburgh Garden Club, a master bridge player, chairwoman of Fox Chapel Garden Club, a member of the Duquense Club of Pittsburgh and the 20th Century Club in Oakland, Pa.
She also was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Vero Beach.
Survivors include her son Charles Shields of Vero Beach; daughters, Susan Shroeder of Crossville, Tenn., and Betsy Tabac of Tallahassee; stepsons, John Shields and William D. Shields II, both of Pittsburgh; stepdaughter, Margaret Gilfillan of Sewickley, Pa.; 15 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, 520 Royal Palm Blvd, Vero Beach, FL 32960.
A private service will be in Pittsburgh at a later date.
Arrangements are by Cox-Gifford-Seawinds Funeral Home and Crematory, Vero Beach. A guestbook may be signed at seawindsfh.com/obit.php.
