Katherine Foster Shepherd passed away at her home in Stansbury Park on May 23, 2009 at the age of 65.
She was born on March 12, 1944 in Salt Lake City, the first of 16 children to Arthur Glenn and Gloria Thompson Foster.
Her father was an officer in the U.S. Air Force so she had the opportunity to live in many parts of the world including Libya, Africa, Anchorage, Alaska, Washington D.C., Dayton, Ohio, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
She graduated from Lompoc High School in Lompoc, California in June 1962 and during her senior year she became a California State Sterling Scholar in Mathematics. After high school graduation she attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. However, after a semester instead of continuing college education she decided to marry the young airman she met in California.
On June 4, 1963, she married Raymond L. Shepherd in the Idaho Falls Idaho LDS Temple. Later divorced in October 2005. They moved to Great Falls, Montana, where he was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base until his release from the military in 1965.
While he attended college at Ricks Jr. College in Rexburg and then Brigham Young University she bore and raised the children. She is the mother of nine children, Lee (Debbie), Duane (Kelly), Preston (Wendy), Kristine, David (Becky), Paul (Heather), Stewart (Jamie), Brad (Kelli), and Karabeth.
She earned her degree as well while Ray earned his by raising the children and typing an endless number master's theses and doctor's dissertations.
She was in great demand by graduate students at BYU because she not only put the papers in great form but she was fast and could correct spelling and composition as she typed them. Her reputation extended to the University of Utah, graduate students would drive to Orem to have their papers prepared by her.
In 1986, the family moved to Stansbury Park, where they purchased the old Clark farm house. A place she dearly loved and swore she would live there until her end.
She was where she wanted to be when she left this life and went ahead into the next. She loved her family and many friends dearly. She was very much aware of her responsibility to her ancestors and loved ones. She spent her last day in this life visiting the graves of her family who had gone before her. Kathie will be missed by everyone.
Kathie was preceded in death by her parents, Glenn and Gloria Foster and two brothers, Brian and Kelly. She is survived by her children, 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and her many brothers and sisters.
On Saturday, May 30, 2009, a viewing will be held in the Stansbury Park Stake Center, 417 East Benson Road, Stansbury Park, Utah (across from Benson Grist Mill) from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., followed by Funeral Services at 11 a.m.
Burial will be in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), East Millcreek, Utah.
Published in the Deseret News on 5/28/2009.
She was born on March 12, 1944 in Salt Lake City, the first of 16 children to Arthur Glenn and Gloria Thompson Foster.
Her father was an officer in the U.S. Air Force so she had the opportunity to live in many parts of the world including Libya, Africa, Anchorage, Alaska, Washington D.C., Dayton, Ohio, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
She graduated from Lompoc High School in Lompoc, California in June 1962 and during her senior year she became a California State Sterling Scholar in Mathematics. After high school graduation she attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. However, after a semester instead of continuing college education she decided to marry the young airman she met in California.
On June 4, 1963, she married Raymond L. Shepherd in the Idaho Falls Idaho LDS Temple. Later divorced in October 2005. They moved to Great Falls, Montana, where he was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base until his release from the military in 1965.
While he attended college at Ricks Jr. College in Rexburg and then Brigham Young University she bore and raised the children. She is the mother of nine children, Lee (Debbie), Duane (Kelly), Preston (Wendy), Kristine, David (Becky), Paul (Heather), Stewart (Jamie), Brad (Kelli), and Karabeth.
She earned her degree as well while Ray earned his by raising the children and typing an endless number master's theses and doctor's dissertations.
She was in great demand by graduate students at BYU because she not only put the papers in great form but she was fast and could correct spelling and composition as she typed them. Her reputation extended to the University of Utah, graduate students would drive to Orem to have their papers prepared by her.
In 1986, the family moved to Stansbury Park, where they purchased the old Clark farm house. A place she dearly loved and swore she would live there until her end.
She was where she wanted to be when she left this life and went ahead into the next. She loved her family and many friends dearly. She was very much aware of her responsibility to her ancestors and loved ones. She spent her last day in this life visiting the graves of her family who had gone before her. Kathie will be missed by everyone.
Kathie was preceded in death by her parents, Glenn and Gloria Foster and two brothers, Brian and Kelly. She is survived by her children, 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and her many brothers and sisters.
On Saturday, May 30, 2009, a viewing will be held in the Stansbury Park Stake Center, 417 East Benson Road, Stansbury Park, Utah (across from Benson Grist Mill) from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., followed by Funeral Services at 11 a.m.
Burial will be in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), East Millcreek, Utah.
Published in the Deseret News on 5/28/2009.
Katherine Foster Shepherd passed away at her home in Stansbury Park on May 23, 2009 at the age of 65.
She was born on March 12, 1944 in Salt Lake City, the first of 16 children to Arthur Glenn and Gloria Thompson Foster.
Her father was an officer in the U.S. Air Force so she had the opportunity to live in many parts of the world including Libya, Africa, Anchorage, Alaska, Washington D.C., Dayton, Ohio, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
She graduated from Lompoc High School in Lompoc, California in June 1962 and during her senior year she became a California State Sterling Scholar in Mathematics. After high school graduation she attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. However, after a semester instead of continuing college education she decided to marry the young airman she met in California.
On June 4, 1963, she married Raymond L. Shepherd in the Idaho Falls Idaho LDS Temple. Later divorced in October 2005. They moved to Great Falls, Montana, where he was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base until his release from the military in 1965.
While he attended college at Ricks Jr. College in Rexburg and then Brigham Young University she bore and raised the children. She is the mother of nine children, Lee (Debbie), Duane (Kelly), Preston (Wendy), Kristine, David (Becky), Paul (Heather), Stewart (Jamie), Brad (Kelli), and Karabeth.
She earned her degree as well while Ray earned his by raising the children and typing an endless number master's theses and doctor's dissertations.
She was in great demand by graduate students at BYU because she not only put the papers in great form but she was fast and could correct spelling and composition as she typed them. Her reputation extended to the University of Utah, graduate students would drive to Orem to have their papers prepared by her.
In 1986, the family moved to Stansbury Park, where they purchased the old Clark farm house. A place she dearly loved and swore she would live there until her end.
She was where she wanted to be when she left this life and went ahead into the next. She loved her family and many friends dearly. She was very much aware of her responsibility to her ancestors and loved ones. She spent her last day in this life visiting the graves of her family who had gone before her. Kathie will be missed by everyone.
Kathie was preceded in death by her parents, Glenn and Gloria Foster and two brothers, Brian and Kelly. She is survived by her children, 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and her many brothers and sisters.
On Saturday, May 30, 2009, a viewing will be held in the Stansbury Park Stake Center, 417 East Benson Road, Stansbury Park, Utah (across from Benson Grist Mill) from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., followed by Funeral Services at 11 a.m.
Burial will be in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), East Millcreek, Utah.
Published in the Deseret News on 5/28/2009.
She was born on March 12, 1944 in Salt Lake City, the first of 16 children to Arthur Glenn and Gloria Thompson Foster.
Her father was an officer in the U.S. Air Force so she had the opportunity to live in many parts of the world including Libya, Africa, Anchorage, Alaska, Washington D.C., Dayton, Ohio, and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
She graduated from Lompoc High School in Lompoc, California in June 1962 and during her senior year she became a California State Sterling Scholar in Mathematics. After high school graduation she attended the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. However, after a semester instead of continuing college education she decided to marry the young airman she met in California.
On June 4, 1963, she married Raymond L. Shepherd in the Idaho Falls Idaho LDS Temple. Later divorced in October 2005. They moved to Great Falls, Montana, where he was stationed at Malmstrom Air Force Base until his release from the military in 1965.
While he attended college at Ricks Jr. College in Rexburg and then Brigham Young University she bore and raised the children. She is the mother of nine children, Lee (Debbie), Duane (Kelly), Preston (Wendy), Kristine, David (Becky), Paul (Heather), Stewart (Jamie), Brad (Kelli), and Karabeth.
She earned her degree as well while Ray earned his by raising the children and typing an endless number master's theses and doctor's dissertations.
She was in great demand by graduate students at BYU because she not only put the papers in great form but she was fast and could correct spelling and composition as she typed them. Her reputation extended to the University of Utah, graduate students would drive to Orem to have their papers prepared by her.
In 1986, the family moved to Stansbury Park, where they purchased the old Clark farm house. A place she dearly loved and swore she would live there until her end.
She was where she wanted to be when she left this life and went ahead into the next. She loved her family and many friends dearly. She was very much aware of her responsibility to her ancestors and loved ones. She spent her last day in this life visiting the graves of her family who had gone before her. Kathie will be missed by everyone.
Kathie was preceded in death by her parents, Glenn and Gloria Foster and two brothers, Brian and Kelly. She is survived by her children, 32 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren and her many brothers and sisters.
On Saturday, May 30, 2009, a viewing will be held in the Stansbury Park Stake Center, 417 East Benson Road, Stansbury Park, Utah (across from Benson Grist Mill) from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m., followed by Funeral Services at 11 a.m.
Burial will be in the Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, 3401 South Highland Drive (1495 East), East Millcreek, Utah.
Published in the Deseret News on 5/28/2009.
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