Donna E Sheppard, 83, of Evans, Georgia formerly of Polk died Tuesday May 28, 2013 at University Hospital in Augusta, Georgia.
Funeral services will be Monday June 3, 2013 at 11:00 at the Matteson Funeral Home in West Salem with Rev Robert Holmes and Rev Ron Patterson officiating.
Friends will be received at the funeral home Sunday 7-9.
Burial in Red Haw Cemetery, Polk, Ohio. Memorial contributions may be given to Grace Brethren Church 8992 Firestone Road, Homerville, Ohio 44235. Online condolences may be shared at the funeral home website @www.mattesonfh.com
She was born July 5, 1929 in Polk, Ohio the daughter of Earl & Edna (Hines) Niswender.
She was a homemaker all her life.
She had been employed at Myers Pump in Ashland for seven years working in the billing dept., National Latex in Ashland for four years and the Good Shepherd Nursing home for three years.
She was a former Sunday School teacher at Mt. Pleasant Church in West Salem. She is a member of Grace Brethren Church in Homerville. She is a former member of the Women Missionary Council.
Donna is survived by three children- Judy (Jim) Cook of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, Elizabeth (Dan) Duncan of Aiken, South Carolina and Les (Kelly) Sheppard of Wellington, eight grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and a great great grandson.
Her parents, husband Dean Sheppard who died in 1993, son Ronald Sheppard who died in 1974, a great grandson Caden who died in 2012, a sister Gladys Sheppard and brother Gerald Niswender died previously.