Obit of Mildred Shepard (s163) - Roger Mills County, OK Submitted by: Wanda Purcell 25 Aug 2002 ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE All documents placed in the USGenWeb Archives remain the property of the contributors, who retain publication rights in accordance with US Copyright Laws and Regulations. In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, these documents may be used by anyone for their personal research. They may be used by non-commercial entities so long as all notices and submitter information is included. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit. Any other use, including copying files to other sites, requires permission from the contributors PRIOR to uploading to the other sites. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ==================================================================== Surnames: Shepard, Wilson, Ruch, Underwood, Putelli Originally Posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/5YB.2ACE/4907 Message Board Post: Funeral services for Mildred Shepard was held June 19, 1985 in the Hammon Baptist Church with Rebv. Horace Elliott officiating. Burial was in the Lone Oak Cemetery under the direction of Martin Funeral Home. Mildred Shepard was born on September 29, 1907, in Gilmer, Texas and died June 16, 1985 at the age of 77. She came from Texas in Granite, where she lived for two years. In 1929 she moved to a farm west of Hammon. She was married to Robert L. Shepard. He preceded her in death in 1954. She was a member of the Rebekahs and the First Baptist Church of Hammon. She is survived by one brother and his wife, Bruce and Mary Wilson of Blocker, Oklahoma; three sisters, Mrs. Evelyn Ruch of Visalia, California; Mrs. Ruth Underwood of Compton, California and Mrs. Berta Lee Putelli of Albuquerque, New Mexico; two nieces and two nephews. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by four brothers. Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, OK