Name: Shepherd, Lavena Marie (Miller)
Burial Date: 2001, 04/09
Age at Death: 85
Plot Location: 477 A
Notes:  Wife of Kenneth Thornton

OBITUARY – Sterling Kansas Bulletin

Lavena Marie Shepherd

Lavena Marie Shepherd, 85, died Thursday, April 5, 2001, at Johnson.

She was born Nov. 29, 1915, at Smolan, Kansas the daughter of John H. and Blenda Nelson Miller. A resident of Sterling since 1979, moving from Manter, she was a retired cook for the Manter school system.

She was a member of the Sterling United Methodist Church, Mid-K Campers, Sun Chaser Retiree Camping Club and the Rebekah Lodge, where she was also a Past Noble Grand.

On Jan 1, 1939, she married Kenneth T. Shepherd at Smolan. He survives.

Survivors include her husband; two sons; three grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.

Services were at 2 p.m. Monday at the United Methodist Church, Alden, with the Rev. William Stapleton officiating. Burial was in the Sterling Community Cemetery.

 

Birth:	Nov. 29, 1916  Smolan, KS
Death:	Apr. 5,  2001    Johnson, KS
age 85Family links: Spouse: Kenneth T Shepherd (1913 – 2002)
Burial: Sterling Cemetery Sterling Rice County Kansas, USA Plot: 477 A
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