Mary Freeman Sheppard Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Mary Freeman Sheppard (Springfield, Missouri), who passed away on February 3, 2023, at the age of 100, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family in the guestbook on this memorial page of Mary Freeman Sheppard to show support.

She was loved and cherished by many people including: her close friends, Melissa Manzer, Holly Eskridge and Sharon Bernie; her husband Joseph Dow Sheppard, Jr.; her parents, Cora Millwee Freeman and Edward H. Freeman; her sisters, Evelyn Cobb and Betty Paul Cravens; her children, Patricia Freeman Sheppard Robinson (Andy) and Joseph D. "Chip" Sheppard, III (Silvia); her grandchildren, Kristen Marie Palmer, Jacqueline Sheppard Davis (Allen), John Patrick Bowman (Kali), Alexandra Sheppard Sinacola (James) and Nicholas Freeman Sheppard (Madeline); her great grandchildren, Brandon Redding, Paris Rogers, Eleanor Elizabeth Bowman, Lilliana Scout Sinacola, James Mario Sinacola, III, Sheppard Stone Sinacola and Lucia Lynn Sinacola; her great great grandchild Arya Rose Rogers; her nieces and nephews, Samuel Bradley Cravens, Beth Cravens White, Carolyn Cobb Aslin and James Edward Cobb; and her son John Bowman.

In lieu of flowers, Mary would be honored by memorial contributions to First and Calvary Presbyterian Church Foundation which was special to her heart, keeping a House of Prayer in the middle of her alma mater's campus.