| Back Martin Joseph Shields Jr.    1918-2000
 
          
            
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            | 1950 Albany, New York | 1988 San Diego, California |  
            | My Uncle Martin
              was my godfather as well as my favorite relative, mostly because
              he didn't like New York winters and often visited me in California
              to avoid them. The family called him Uncle Junnie because of his
              being a junior, he preferred Martin which no one used. 
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