Ruth Shepard

Ruth Shepard, 93, of Westminster, Calif., passed peacefully on Jan. 5, 2014.

Ruth was born to Fred and Ella Brodine, July 15, 1920, in Elm Creek, Neb. She attended school in Pine Bluffs and married Harry Stahla in 1939. They resided in the Kimball area. She had three children (Harry, Marilyn, and Barbara). Ruth worked a variety of jobs throughout her life- farming, food services, banking, and dog grooming.

In 1961, she married Harry Shepard of Cheyenne and helped to raise his five children (Dennis, Roy, Steve, Keith and Roxanne). Upon retirement in 1982, Ruth and Harry moved to Marana, Ariz. T...