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- Oswego News (NY)
December 31, 2018
The funeral service for Marjorie J. Shepard, of 6740 Lighthouse Rd. Henderson, will be Saturday, at (time) at the Henderson Methodist Church. Calling hours will be Friday from (time) at TLC Funeral Home, Inc. Internment will be in Rodman Cemetery in the spring.
She was born April 11, 1937 in Rodman, New York the daughter of Glenn I. & Arloine Patterson Smith. She graduated in 1955 from Adams Center School.
She married Riley Shepard on May 4, 1957 in Watertown, New York. Mr. Shepard died April 21, 2001.
She worked for Northland Electric in Watertown as a salvage operator for 30 years. Majorie was a member of the Eastern Star and also volunteered to decorate the Henderson Methodist Church for Christmas and other holiday celebrations where she was a member. Mrs. Shepard volunteered for the Care and Share Program and the prayer group at her church She was very devoted to her children, her grandchildren and her great grandchildren. She also enjoyed flower gardening and enjoyed Bluegrass Music. Mrs. Shepard will be fondly remembered for her many acts of kindness towards those in need and truly was a generous and giving person.
Surviving are her two sons and two daughter in laws Riley and Carol Shepard of Watertown and George and Margo Shepard of Henderson, her three daughters and two sons in law Eldonna Ruddock of Michigan Center, MI, Mrs. Earl (Elizabeth) Lalone of Clayton, and Mrs. Richard (Lori) Flagg of Woodville, NY, her companion Fred Miller of Adams, her three brothers and three sister in laws Richard and Delores Smith of Piney Flats, TN, Jerry and Paulette Bray of Elizabethtown, TN, and Bernard and Toni Bray of Central, SC. She is also survived by her sister and her companion Marlene Cutler and John Skripnik of Spartanburg, SC, and her 14 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren.
Two brothers William Smith and Glen Smith died before her.
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