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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Shepherd, Franklin Ellis
The memorial service for
Franklin Ellis Shepherd, 85, of
Eskridge was Jan. 18, 2003, in
the Eskridge United Methodist
Church. The inurnment was in
Pleasant Ridge Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to
the Eskridge United Methodist
Church or the Miller United
Methodist Church can be sent
to the Crable VanArsdale
Funeral Chapel, PO. Box 338,
Eskridge, KS 66423.
Mr. Shepherd died Tuesday,
Jan. 14, 2003, at the Hospice
House in Topeka. Mr.
Shepherd was a carpenter
until age 84.
Franklin Ellis Shepherd,
the son of Franklin Thomas
and Maud Higgins Shepherd,
was born Aug. 25, 1917, in
northern Lyon County. He
attended Pollock District 46
Grade School, graduated from
Miller High School in 1936 and
completed diesel engine
mechanical trade school in
New Jersey. He worked at
Pratt-Whitney Aircraft in St.
Louis, Mo., and then farmed
north of Allen for a time.
He married Evelyn M.
Rippetoe. She died in 1978. He
married Bonnie Rush and
moved to Eskridge in 1982. He
had also lived in Miller and
Topeka.
Mr. Shepherd was a mem-
ber of the Eskridge United
Methodist Church.
He is survived by his wife; a
daughter, Kathryn Stillwell of
Nashville, Tenn:; three step-
sons, Donald Rush, Darrell
Rush and Dennis Rush; two
sisters, Lois Wheat of Strong
City and Mary Smith of Topeka; two
great-grandchildren;11step grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jan 23, 2003.
by Lorna Marvin
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