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Marian Graham <I>McCracken</I> Shepherd

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Marian Graham McCracken Shepherd

Birth
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
Death
3 Aug 1992 (aged 79)
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA
Burial
Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA Add to Map
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Private services were held for Marian M. Shepherd, who died August 3 in Santa Cruz of cancer after a lengthy illness. She was 79.
A native of North Carolina, Mrs. Shepherd attended schools in Durham, N.C. and graduated with honors from Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Va. She was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority and Phi Beta Kappa.

Mrs. Shepherd worked in Washington, D.C. as an administrative assistant to members of the War Production Department, the Marshall Plan and the Pentagon. She later worked for the Bechtel Corp. in San Francisco before retiring to Santa Cruz 25 years ago. Her late husband, Harold Shepherd, was a former law professor at Stanford University.

She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Hugh M. Allen of Bakersfield; her nephew, Jim Allen of Bakersfield, and a grandniece.
A private interment was at Oakwood Memorial Park under the direction of Chapel of the Four Seasons. Contributions to the the American Cancer Society, or to a favorite charity, are preferred.

-Published in The Santa Cruz Sentinel, Wednesday, August 26, 1992, p. A-8, c1
Private services were held for Marian M. Shepherd, who died August 3 in Santa Cruz of cancer after a lengthy illness. She was 79.
A native of North Carolina, Mrs. Shepherd attended schools in Durham, N.C. and graduated with honors from Randolph Macon Woman's College in Lynchburg, Va. She was a member of Sigma Kappa sorority and Phi Beta Kappa.

Mrs. Shepherd worked in Washington, D.C. as an administrative assistant to members of the War Production Department, the Marshall Plan and the Pentagon. She later worked for the Bechtel Corp. in San Francisco before retiring to Santa Cruz 25 years ago. Her late husband, Harold Shepherd, was a former law professor at Stanford University.

She is survived by her sister, Mrs. Hugh M. Allen of Bakersfield; her nephew, Jim Allen of Bakersfield, and a grandniece.
A private interment was at Oakwood Memorial Park under the direction of Chapel of the Four Seasons. Contributions to the the American Cancer Society, or to a favorite charity, are preferred.

-Published in The Santa Cruz Sentinel, Wednesday, August 26, 1992, p. A-8, c1


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63114523/marian_graham-shepherd: accessed ), memorial page for Marian Graham McCracken Shepherd (13 Sep 1912–3 Aug 1992), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63114523, citing Oakwood Memorial Park, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, USA; Maintained by Steph (contributor 47174337).