Deane Duane Shepard (I59831)

1921 - 1988  (67 years)

Charles W. Shepard

1919 - 1921  (2 years)

Birth	1919	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Died	25 Nov 1921	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Father	Harry Thomas Shepard,   b. 22 Mar 1889, Scranton, Osage, Kansas, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Carrie Clara Nitz,   b. 28 Oct 1899, Kansas, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	1917

Ida Marie Shepard

Abt 1919 - 2013  (~ 94 years)

Birth	Abt 1919	Kansas, USA
Died	Jun 2013	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Father	Harry Thomas Shepard,   b. 22 Mar 1889, Scranton, Osage, Kansas, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Carrie Clara Nitz,   b. 28 Oct 1899, Kansas, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	1917

Deane Duane Shepard

1921 - 1988  (67 years)

Birth	26 Aug 1921	Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA
Died	21 Sep 1988	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Father	Harry Thomas Shepard,   b. 22 Mar 1889, Scranton, Osage, Kansas, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Carrie Clara Nitz,   b. 28 Oct 1899, Kansas, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	1917
Family	Gertrude Louise Cooksey,   b. 7 Feb 1920, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Married	19 Sep 1942	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Children	1. Living   2. Living

Gertrude Louise Cooksey

1920 - 2010  (90 years)

Birth	7 Feb 1920	Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Died	19 Sep 2010	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Buried	22 Sep 2010	Carbondale Cemetery, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA
Father	John Washington Cooksey,   b. 15 Mar 1879, Redtop, Dallas, Missouri, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Gertrude Leona Root,   b. 9 Feb 1895, Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	10 Feb 1913	Springfield, Henry, Missouri, USA
Family	Deane Duane Shepard,   b. 26 Aug 1921, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA
Married	19 Sep 1942	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Children	1. Living   2. Living

Harry Thomas Shepard

1889 - 1975  (86 years)

Birth	22 Mar 1889	Scranton, Osage, Kansas, USA
Died	15 Jul 1975	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Father	Isaac O. Shepard,   b. 9 May 1867, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Ida Belle Markley,   b. 12 Dec 1865, Barbour, West Virginia, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	8 Apr 1886	Asbury Chapel, Rural, Scranton, Osage, Kansas, USA
Family	Carrie Clara Nitz,   b. 28 Oct 1899, Kansas, USA
Married	1917
Children	1. Charles W. Shepard,   b. 1919, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA   2. Ida Marie Shepard,   b. Abt 1919, Kansas, USA   3. Deane Duane Shepard,   b. 26 Aug 1921, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA

Carrie Clara Nitz

1899 - 2000  (100 years)

Birth	28 Oct 1899	Kansas, USA
Died	8 Oct 2000	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Family	Harry Thomas Shepard,   b. 22 Mar 1889, Scranton, Osage, Kansas, USA
Married	1917
Children	1. Charles W. Shepard,   b. 1919, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA   2. Ida Marie Shepard,   b. Abt 1919, Kansas, USA   3. Deane Duane Shepard,   b. 26 Aug 1921, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA

Gertrude Louise Cooksey

1920 - 2010  (90 years)

Birth	7 Feb 1920	Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Died	19 Sep 2010	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Buried	22 Sep 2010	Carbondale Cemetery, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA
Father	John Washington Cooksey,   b. 15 Mar 1879, Redtop, Dallas, Missouri, USA
Relationship	natural
Mother	Gertrude Leona Root,   b. 9 Feb 1895, Pawnee, Pawnee, Oklahoma, USA
Relationship	natural
Married	10 Feb 1913	Springfield, Henry, Missouri, USA
Family	Deane Duane Shepard,   b. 26 Aug 1921, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA
Married	19 Sep 1942	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Children	1. Living   2. Living

Living

Father	Deane Duane Shepard,   b. 26 Aug 1921, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA
Mother	Gertrude Louise Cooksey,   b. 7 Feb 1920, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Married	19 Sep 1942	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
Family	Living
Children	1. Living   2. Living   3. Living

Living

Father	Deane Duane Shepard,   b. 26 Aug 1921, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA
Mother	Gertrude Louise Cooksey,   b. 7 Feb 1920, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA
Married	19 Sep 1942	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA

• Name	Deane Duane Shepard  [1]
  Relationship	with Albert Leopold Vitter
  Birth	26 Aug 1921	Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Death	21 Sep 1988	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
  Siblings	1 brother and 1 sister
  	1. Charles W. Shepard,   b. 1919, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA d. 25 Nov 1921, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA  (Age 2 years)   2. Ida Marie Shepard,   b. Abt 1919, Kansas, USA d. Jun 2013, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA  (Age ~ 94 years)   3. Deane Duane Shepard (current person),   b. 26 Aug 1921, Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA d. 21 Sep 1988, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA  (Age 67 years) ▻Gertrude Louise Cooksey,   b. 7 Feb 1920, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA d. 19 Sep 2010, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA  (Age 90 years),  m. 19 Sep 1942, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA
  Person ID	I59831	Vitter-Weaver Genealogy | Sharon Vitter's Relative
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Harry Thomas Shepard,   b. 22 Mar 1889, Scranton, Osage, Kansas, USA d. 15 Jul 1975, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Carrie Clara Nitz,   b. 28 Oct 1899, Kansas, USA d. 8 Oct 2000, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA (Age 100 years)
  Marriage	1917
  Family ID	F47136	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gertrude Louise Cooksey,   b. 7 Feb 1920, Springfield, Greene, Missouri, USA d. 19 Sep 2010, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	19 Sep 1942	Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F47138	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Mar 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Aug 1921 - Carbondale, Osage, Kansas, USA Marriage - 19 Sep 1942 - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA Death - 21 Sep 1988 - Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Louise Cooksey and Deane Shepard

  
  

• Sources

  [S915] Death Notices and Obituaries, Louise Shepard obituary, Topeka Capital-Journal, 21 September 2010. Louise Shepard, 90, of Topeka, passed away Sunday, September 19, 2010. Louise was born February 7, 1920, in Springfield, Missouri, daughter of John and Gertrude (Root) Cooksey. She graduated from Springfield High School in 1939. Louise was united in marriage to Deane Shepard on September 19, 1942, in Topeka. She worked as a Switchboard Operator at Southwestern Bell, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and retired from Security Benefit Life. Louise was a member of First Assembly of God. She belonged to many social organizations including the Order of Eastern Star, Ladies Auxiliary of the Topeka Santa Fe Band and Arab Shrine Band. In addition, Louise and her husband were State Directors of the Good Sam Club and she was a past president of the PBX Club of Topeka. Louise is survived by her two children, Judy Davis and husband, Darold, Kansas City, MO; and Deane D. Shepard II, Overland Park, KS; grandchildren, Carolyn Cockey and husband, Rev. Joseph, Sarasota, FL; Deborah Davis, Plattsburg, MO; and Darold Davis II and wife, Sheila, Kansas City, MO; great-grandchildren, Zachary Davis and Julia Davis, Kansas City, MO; and Joshua, Alex and Christopher Cockey, Sarasota, FL; sisters, Leona Beeves, San Diego, CA; Fran Orsborn, Albany, OR; and Betty Williams, Houston, TX; and sister-in-law, Etta Schafer, Topeka. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sisters, Helen Scott, Edith Roepke and Hazel Truax and brothers, Leroy, Walter, Jim and Marion Cooksey. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at Penwell-Gabel Southwest Chapel, 3700 SW Wanamaker Road, Topeka. Interment will follow at Carbondale Cemetery, Carbondale. Louise will lie in state after 3:00 p.m. today; where the family will receive friends from 6:30 8:30 p.m. today. Flowers maybe sent to the Penwell-Gabel Southwest Chapel or memorial contributions may be sent to Leslie Hale Ministries, PO Box 125, Tarpon Springs, FL 34688 or Topeka First Assembly of God, 500 SW 27th Street, Topeka, KS 66611. To leave the family a special message online, visit www.PenwellGabelTopeka.com. Louise Shepard https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/cjonline/obituary.aspx?n=louise-shepard&pid=145529016