Yolanda Renee Shields

Yolanda Renee Shields departed this life on Sunday, August 4, 2024 at the age of 38.

Yolanda was born January 9, 1986, in Indianapolis, where she went on to attend Broad Ripple High School and worked a host of jobs throughout the city.  She loved music, with TuPac, Aaliyah, Bone Thugz & Harmony, and Twista being some of her favorite artists. She also loved to do hair, spend a night out on the town but more than anything, loved to spend time with her family and friends.

Yolanda leaves to cherish her memory her mother, Karen R. Thompson; father & stepmother, William  & Carmen Shields; children, Alexis Shields, Donté Martin, Jr., Honesty Shields, & Damarion Martin; sister, Lashonda Shields; step-siblings, Latisha Johnson, Tashina Carson, Antonio Weir, Demetrius Hudson, & Jared Blair; grandchild, Kamari; aunt & uncle, Patricia & Jerry Thomas; uncles, Rodney (wife, Janice) Kendall, Everett Rogers, Keith Rogers, &  Wesley Rogers;  a host of cousins, nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends. Yolanda will sadly be missed by all who knew and loved her. She was preceded in death by her grandmothers, June R. Rogers and Estella Miller; great grandparents, Dorothy Hicks, Reverend Willie & Kathryn Thomas; and uncles, Gerald Kendall & Sherman Rogers.

The family would like to give a heartfelt special thanks to Mrs. Tina M. Cloer.

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When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me,
I want no rites in a gloom filled room
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little – but not for long.
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that once we shared.
Miss me, but let me go.
For this is a journey we must all take,
And each must go alone.
It’s all part of the master plan,
A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick at heart,
Go to the friends we know,
Laugh at all the things we used to do.
Miss me, but let me go.

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