ARLENE ELIZABETH FIELDS

Arlene Elizabeth Fields, 87, of Billings passed away on June 9, 2025. She was born in Albert City, Iowa on Dec. 8, 1937; the daughter of Edwin Ragnar and Mildred Ada (Bradley) Youngberg.
She lived in Iowa until graduating from Dumont High School in 1955 and moved with her family to Verona.
In 1957, Arlene married Raymond McClure and together they had two daughters and one son, and were married until he passed away.
She worked for MWM Color Press in Aurora. She worked several years as a bookkeeper including 20 years for Porter’s So-Lo Markets. In 1969, she moved to Clever, where she was PTA president and 4-H leader for many years.
On Aug. 31,1994, Arlene married Mike Fields.
She is survived by her husband, Michael; daughters Betsy (Curtis) Jones and Nancy (Jesse) Browning; nine grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; her stepchildren, Shannon Elizabeth (Greg) Raper and Eric Michael (Nichole) Fields all of Ash Grove; her sisters, Anita (Dave) Viles of Hollister and Sandra (Larry) Wright of Newtonia; and sister in-law, Charlotte Youngberg (Lyle) of Verona.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Ray McClure; her son, Tony Lee McClure; her brothers, Lyle Edwin Youngberg and Eugene Nils; sister, Karen Rae Darr and her parents.
Services were held on Sunday, June 15, at Youngberg’s Chapel in Verona.  Burial was at the Missouri Veteran’s Cemetery in Springfield on Monday, June 16.
Arrangements were entrusted to the care and direction of Peterson Funeral Chapel in Aurora.