This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Shepard, Kesby, Burger, Whitehill, Shields, Reifrey, Edwards, Anderson Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/SRB.2ACE/11929 Message Board Post: PJ: May, 1979: Bemus Point: Franklyn A. Shepard of Lloyd Avenue, Bemus Point, died at 12:10 p.m. Friday May 25, 1979 in his home. He was employed at Firch Baking Co., retiring three years ago. A lifelong area resident, he was born in Jamestown, Aug. 30, 1913, son of Dr. Frank G. and Louisa Burger Shepard. He was a graduate of Alfred University. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army in the European Theater. Surviving are his wife, the former Belle E. Kesby; four daughters, Bonnie Whitehill, Delaine Shields and Rosmond Reifrey, all of Bemus Point, and Louise Edwards of Sinclairville; and 14 grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his sister, Rosamond Anderson. The funeral will be at 3:30 p.m. today in Lind Funeral Home. The Rev. Randy Thorpe, pastor of Ellery Center Baptist Church, will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill Cemetery.