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Ernest E Sheppard

Male 1922 - 1985  (63 years)


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  • Name Ernest E Sheppard 
    Born 17 May 1922  Waveland, Yell County, Arkansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Aug 1985  Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 16 Aug 1985  Bethel Cemetery, Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6214  Rossville
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2019 

    Father Omer Sheppard 
    Mother Mary Sheppard 
    Family ID F7352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Jo Lewis Sheppard,   d. 10 Aug 2014 
    Married 13 Apr 1946  Poteau, Le Flore County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Judith Sheppard Tolle Cantillon
     2. Elbert Ott
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 14:05:28 
    Family ID F7353  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 13 Aug 1985 - Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 16 Aug 1985 - Bethel Cemetery, Tecumseh, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Sheppard, Ernest
    Obituary- Sheppard, Ernest
    Ernest E. Sheppard

    TECUMSEH - Ernest E. Sheppard, 63, Tecumseh, died Tuesday, Aug. 13, at his home.

    Mr. Sheppard was a section storekeeper for Santa Fe Railway before he retired in 1974.

    He was born May 17, 1922, at Waveland, Ark., the son of Omer and Mary Sheppard. He lived at Indianola, Okla., before he moved to the Topeka area in 1947.

    He was married to Mary Jo Lewis April 13, 1946, at Poteau, Okla. She survives.

    Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Judith A. Cantillon, Rossville; a son, Elbert “Butch” Ott, Billings, Mont.; a sister, Mrs. Lucille Kannady, Oakley; two brothers, Omer Sheppard, McAlester, Okla., and Lonnie Sheppard, Indianola, Okla.; four grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

    Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery at Tecumseh. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 until 8 p.m. today at the mortuary. Memorial contributions may be made to the Tecumseh United Methodist Church, 334 S. Tecumseh Road, 66542.