Lasting Memories

Robert Shepard
Oct. 7, 1919-Dec. 6, 2011
Lake Owsego, Oregon

Robert E. (Bob) Shepard passed away in Lake Oswego, Ore., on Dec. 6, 2011.

He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on Oct. 7, 1919. He was a World War II and Korean War Naval Air Service veteran. He graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., with a bachelor's degree in aeronautical engineering in 1950.

Employed by Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of Hartford, Conn., he worked in Field Engineering and Marketing and was based in Los Angeles, Omaha, Seattle and Palm Beach Gardens, Flor., retiring in 1977.

He was married for 50 years to his late wife, Margaret (Peggy) Calderwood Shepard, who grew up in Palo Alto, Calif. Moving to Palo Alto upon retirement, he worked there as a realtor for 27 years. After his wife's death (2001) he moved to Mary's Woods retirement community in Lake Oswego, Ore., in 2005 to be near his married daughters and his five grandchildren. He enjoyed sports, including skiing and swimming and was a longtime golfer.

He is survived by his four daughters and their children, including Mary A. Shepard, M.D., her husband Steve Early of Vancouver, Wash., and their children, Sam, Joe and Martha who live, respectively, in Palo Alto, Seattle and Brooklyn, N.Y.; Ruth Given and her husband Jim of Long Beach, Calif.; Jeanne Shepard of Shoreline, Wash.; and Margaret McManigal, her husband Kevin and their children, Kelly and Daniel of Lake Oswego, Ore. He was also predeceased by his longtime cat Lucy and is survived by his cat Dexter.

A funeral mass was held in the Mary's Woods chapel on Dec. 15, followed by interment in the Shepard Family plot at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos, Calif.