Shepley, Dorothy Irene 1924-2013

SHEPLEY, PYLE, STEVENS, RAGAN, SMITH, WHIGHAM, BAITINGER, HENRY, RUSSELL

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Date: 2/24/2014 at 15:50:18

Dorothy Shepley

Dorothy Irene Shepley, 89, of Mt. Vernon, and formerly of Ottumwa, died at Feb. 17, 2013 at Hallmark Care Center in Mt. Vernon. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Shaul Cemetery in Ottumwa. Please no flowers. In loving memory of her son Jack Shepley, memorial may be made to COPS, 6216 Delor St., St. Louis, Mo 63109. Reece Funeral Home in Ottumwa is in charge of arrangements.

Dorothy was born Jan. 7, 1924 in Avery to Alva and Eva Pyle Stevens. She married L. A. “Jack” Shepley on Feb. 10, 1943, at Camp Rucker in Enterprise, Ala. Having grown up in Colfax, Dorothy and Jack made Ottumwa their home for 62 years, moving to Mount Vernon in 2003.

Surviving is a daughter, Rene (Rick) Shepley-Ragan of Moorestown, NJ; two sons, Alan (Barbara) Shepley of Mount Vernon and Rohn Shepley of Spirit Lake; daughter-in-law Linda (Kenny) Smith of Liberty, Mo; 6 grandchildren, Jim and Mark Whigham, Scott, Eric and Ryan Shepley and Sara Shepley Baitinger; 8 great-grandchildren, Sarah Henry, Sion, Robin and Corin Shepley, Rylynn and Halie Shepley and Jack and Charlie Baitinger.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; a sister, Thelma Russell; a son, Jack Shepley and a great grandson, James Baitinger. ~ Newspaper unknown, possibly The Des Moines Register or The Newton (IA) Daily News Thurs 21 Feb 2013