Susie Shepard 1953-2016
Ramona Sue “Susie” Shepard, 62, Valley Falls, died Saturday, Jan. 30, 2016, at her home.
She was born Feb. 5, 1953, at Onaga, the daughter of Charles Lowry and Betty Bonjour Labbe. She graduated from Onaga High School in 1971.
Susie was a slot technician and hostess at Prairie Band Casino at Mayetta. She had worked at the Oldham’s Farm Sausage plant at Holton for 14 years. She and her husband also operated a dairy farm north of Valley Falls.
She married Thomas E. Shepard on Oct. 21, 1981, at Valley Falls. He survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Heidi Pickerell and husband Todd, Valley Falls; a son, Eric Jeanneret, Valley Falls; three grandchildren, Natalie Sue and Nathan Franklin Pickerell and Caleb James Jeanneret, all of Valley Falls; and five brothers, Dennis Lowry, Silver Lake, Randy Lowry, Hutchinson, Rich Lowry, Ridgedale, Mo., Charlie Lowry, Onaga, and Bob Lowry, Topeka. She was preceded in death by her parents and a nephew, Todd Golder.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Burial will follow in Coal Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to Meals on Wheels, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 6, Valley Falls, KS 66088.
