C. Dennis "Denny" Shepard Obituary (1935

Today we lost our beloved son, husband, father, and grandfather for the second time. We lost him the first time to Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's may take the mind, but will never take the memories. C. Dennis "Denny" Shepard, 75, of North Sewickley Township, died Thursday, May 27, 2010. Born Feb. 26, 1935 in Butler, he was the son of Katherine Killian Shepard of White Township and the late John Shepard. He entered the IBEW, Local 712 in 1956 and retired on Dec. 1, 1995. He had been the recording secretary of the local for 23 years, served on the apprenticeship committee, the education committee and many other committees. He was a member of Divine Mercy Parish where he had been an usher and a member of the Perpetual Adoration group of the parish. He served in the U.S. Army from 1957 until his honorable discharge in 1959. He was active in the Boy Scouts of America, Troop 452, District Council, and had been the recipient of the Silver Beaver Award. He was an honorary member of the North Sewickley Township Volunteer Fire Department and had been employed part-time in maintenance for the North Sewickley Township Municipal Building and also the North Sewickley Sewer Authority. He had been a board member of the Beaver County Cancer and Heart Association, the Area Industrial Development Board, and North Country Trail Association. We would like to thank the administration at Blair Personal Care Home, and especially the staff in house number 2 and Gateway Hospice for their care and compassion. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his wife of 47 years Johanna "Jay" Simko Shepard, two daughters and a son-in-law, Julia "Julie" Shepard, Pittsburgh, Jennifer and Jason Mosesso, Imperial, a son Paul Shepard, North Sewickley township, three grandchildren, Emilie, Sara, and Ashley, and a sister and brother-in-law, Sandra and Dan Laderer, Beaver Falls. Friends will be received Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. and on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. in the Hill & Kunselman Funeral Home, www.hillandkunselman.com, 3801-4th Ave., College Hill, Beaver Falls, where prayers will be recited Monday at 9:15 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:45 a.m. in Divine Mercy Parish, St. Mary Church, 605-10th Street, Beaver Falls. Private interment in St. Mary Cemetery, Chippewa Township. The Beaver County Special Unit will conduct full military rites at the cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made, if desired, to the Alzheimer's Association, 1100 Liberty Avenue, Suite E-201, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 or the Angel Fund of Divine Mercy Academy, 609-10th Street, Beaver Falls, PA 15010.