| Notes |
- Ojai Valley News (CA)
March 22, 2006
Margaret (Peggy Sheppard) Nofziger, 90, died on Monday, March 13, 2006 in Ojai.
She was born on Oct. 18, 1915, in Boston, Mass., and pursued a career in art and art education.
Having graduated from Massachusetts School of Art, she traveled to California, becoming a professional artist and teacher in Laguna Beach. She moved to Ojai during the '60s and '70s where her children, David and Roberta Sheppard, attended Ojai Valley School, and she supervised the art program. Returning to Laguna Beach, she became a faculty member of the art department of Fullerton College, and a member of the Laguna Beach Art Institute. Her final years were spent in Ojai, after returning in 1989 with her husband, noted cartoonist Ed Nofziger.
She specialized in watercolor, and for 30 years had her own series of greeting cards with the California Artists Card Company, where she was honored as Artist of the Year. She won purchase awards in Orange County, Los Angeles County, and Washington D.C., and her work is represented internationally in private collections, and was included in the show "Living Legends -- Paintings by Ten Masters of the California Scene." Her work may be seen at her web site: margaretsheppard.com.
Mrs. Nofziger is survived by her children, Roberta and David Sheppard, Tom Nofziger, Ann Spurgeon, and Jill Ryan; grandchildren Adam and Daniel Frederickson, Beau Sheppard, and Maria Watkins; and four great-grandchildren.
|
1915 - 2006 (90 years)
[1, 3] 
