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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Margaret Sheppard
Margaret
Sheppard
d. Jul 31, 2015
Margaret Sheppard's Obituary
Margaret B. Sheppard, 89, died Friday, July 31, at Stonebridge at Montgomery. Born and raised in Washington, DC, Margaret earned the "Bachelor of Commercial Sciences" Degree from Benjamin Franklin University in Washington (now part of George Washington University). She moved to Princeton in the early 1950s and began a career in banking at Princeton Bank and Trust Company, retiring as Assistant Vice President and Assistant Comptroller at Horizon Bank in the late 1980s. Margaret was an active member of Princeton's Nassau Presbyterian Church – and its predecessor First Presbyterian Church -- serving for a time as secretary/registrar of the Sunday school and as treasurer of the Women's Association. She was a generous financial contributor to many worthwhile causes.
Margaret loved flowers and music, particularly Lawrence Welk. She was a collector of stamps and coins -- and frogs: glass, ceramic, plastic, metal, wooden, stuffed and singing frogs, from less than one inch to more than one foot tall frogs. Margaret loved to travel with her long-time apartment-mate Bernice Persing and with members of Princeton area travel clubs: to New York for a Broadway show, to Bermuda on a cruise, to "The Shore" and other nearby spots by car or bus, to Florida by train or plane. And she loved the excitement of horse racing, especially the three "Triple Crown" races. A few years ago – well into her 80s -- she and her sister were the only two females watching the Belmont Stakes race in a Southern Maryland MEN'S sports bar.
Having no children of her own, Margaret loved, encouraged and supported her nine nieces and nephews -- and later 19 great nieces and nephews -- as they grew. Known to one branch of the family as Aunt Mimi and to the other as Aunt Margie, she was much beloved in return. Predeceased by her sister Mary Beth Lowry of Cincinnati, Margaret is survived by her other sister Helen Duncan and husband Robert of Princeton, Mary Beth's husband David of Cincinnati, and her nieces and nephews.
Family members attended a private burial on Tuesday, August 4, at Fort Lincoln Cemetery near Washington, DC, where her parents are buried.
A Memorial Service will be held at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau street, Princeton, NJ 08542 on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 11AM.
The family suggests that contributions in Margaret's memory be made to a charity of your choice.
Margaret loved flowers and music, particularly Lawrence Welk. She was a collector of stamps and coins -- and frogs: glass, ceramic, plastic, metal, wooden, stuffed and singing frogs, from less than one inch to more than one foot tall frogs. Margaret loved to travel with her long-time apartment-mate Bernice Persing and with members of Princeton area travel clubs: to New York for a Broadway show, to Bermuda on a cruise, to "The Shore" and other nearby spots by car or bus, to Florida by train or plane. And she loved the excitement of horse racing, especially the three "Triple Crown" races. A few years ago – well into her 80s -- she and her sister were the only two females watching the Belmont Stakes race in a Southern Maryland MEN'S sports bar.
Having no children of her own, Margaret loved, encouraged and supported her nine nieces and nephews -- and later 19 great nieces and nephews -- as they grew. Known to one branch of the family as Aunt Mimi and to the other as Aunt Margie, she was much beloved in return. Predeceased by her sister Mary Beth Lowry of Cincinnati, Margaret is survived by her other sister Helen Duncan and husband Robert of Princeton, Mary Beth's husband David of Cincinnati, and her nieces and nephews.
Family members attended a private burial on Tuesday, August 4, at Fort Lincoln Cemetery near Washington, DC, where her parents are buried.
A Memorial Service will be held at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau street, Princeton, NJ 08542 on Saturday, September 26, 2015 at 11AM.
The family suggests that contributions in Margaret's memory be made to a charity of your choice.
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Funeral Services for Margaret Sheppard
Memorial Service
September
26
Saturday
Nassau Presbyterian Church
Starts at 11:00 am
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