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Gene Ervin Shepard, 85, of Burneyville went to be with the Lord on Monday, December 28, 2020. Private family services will be held at a later date.
He was born on October 30, 1935 to Glen and Doris Shepard in Custer City. Gene graduated in 1953 from Custer City High School. He enlisted in the United States Air Force and attended Brook Army Medical Center in San Antonio. He was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio and also at Ernest Harmon Air Force Base in Newfoundland, Canada. While in the Air Force, he worked in the surgical center. After an Honorable Discharge, Gene attended Gradwohl School of Laboratory Technique in St. Louis and also completed a six-month internship. He then worked as a lab and x-ray technician in both Frederick and Midland, Texas. It was in Midland the he met and married Edel Meike from Essen, Germany on April 1, 1961. The couple moved to San Antonio where he continued his career as a lab and x-ray technician for many years. They then moved to Dallas where both Gene and his wife were vice presidents of Classique Creations, a jewelry company. In 1989 they were given the opportunity to purchase Denims Restaurant in Marietta. He loved serving the community at Denims for 18 wonderful years, retiring from the restaurant in 2007.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, Richard Shepard, and sister, CloAnn Hutchinson.
Survivors include his wife, Edel of the home; two daughters, Debbie Carpenter and Sharon Lemons, both of Burneyville; three grandchildren, Jacob Carpenter of Lawton, Sarah Carpenter of Kingston and Noah Lemons of Norman; three great-grandchildren, Ben and Alice Nelms and Baron Bobb, all of Kingston; and many nieces and nephews.
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There is a photo of Mr. Shepard included in his obituary.
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