MUSKINGUM COUNTY OHIO - OBIT: SHEPPARD, Albert A. (d. 1949)
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Albert Sheppard Taken By Death

  Albert A. Sheppard, 85, life resident of Philo, died Friday evening at 9
o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Thomas Henderson, after alling for
a year.
  Mr. Sheppard had suffered a heart allment.  He was a member of Anchor
lodge 283, F. & A.M. in Duncan Falls.
  His parents, Philip and Maria Cooper Sheppard, were early Philo residents.
He was the last living of a family of 12 children.
  A locktender at Philo for a number of years, he had also worked on
government river boats, retiring in 1930 after working 43 years.  He had
last worked on the dredge, Malta, a federal Vessel.
  Mr. Sheppard was an ardent football and basketball fan, having missed only
two Philo basketball games since 1930.  He had planned to attend the
homecoming football game in Duncan Falls next week.
  Surving are a son, Harry W. of Philo: a daughter, Mrs. Henderson: a
grandson, Richard Sheppard and several nieces and nephews.  His wife, Ida,
died in 1921.
  The body is at the Henderson-Sharp funeral home, Duncan Falls.



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