Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Shepard, Leonard "Gene" 1998 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net June 28, 2014, 11:57 am Ionia Sentinel Standard, 4 May 1998 Leonard (Gene) Shepard, 72, of Orleans, died May 3, 1998 in Lansing. He was born Dec. 24, 1925 in Grand Rapids. He married Lorna McShane in 1960. He was a member of the Greenville American Legion, Ionia Knights of Columbus, Ionia Moose Lodge, and Long Lake Cottage Association. He is survived by his wife, Lorna McShane, of Ionia; two sons, Gordon and Loretta Shepard, of Charlotte, and Alan Shepard of Lapeer; two daughters, Vicki Stark, of Ionia, and Denise Ortowski, of Grand Rapids; two brothers Donald Shepard and Bernie Shepard of Grand Rapids; seven grandchildren; and one great-grandson. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at the Lake Funeral Home in Ionia with Rev. Melvin Fox officiating. Interment will be in Mt. Olivet cemetery. Visitation will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, at the funeral home. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/s/shepard25830nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.4 Kb