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Spring Valley Cemetery ~ Ralph Curtis Shepard ~ part of the Polk County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Shepard, Ralph Curtis
LAST NAME: Shepard FIRST NAME: Ralph MIDDLE NAME: Curtis NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
GENDER: M TITLE: 
BORN: 20 Oct 1881 DIED: 24 Mar 1964 BURIED: 26 Mar 1964 (Spring Valley Cemetery)
OCCUPATION:  
BIRTH PLACE:  Salt Lake City, Utah
DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 

Name of father James Raymond Shepard
Maiden name of mother Josephine Lockely

MARRIAGE – Ralph C. Shepard & Lela Woods md 3 Jan 1906, Benton co, Oregon 
1910 OR CENSUS - Ralph C. Shepard, age 28, occupation farmer, b. Utah, is enumerated with his wife of 4 years, Lela, age 24, mother of 3 children, b. Kansas, along with Dorothy, age 3, b. Oregon, Maruice, age 2, b. Oregon, and Paul, age 5 months, b. Oregon.

1920 OR CENSUS - Ralph C. Shepard (38y, b Utah, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Lela A. (34y, b Kansas) and 7 children, all born in Oregon, Dorothy A. (13y), Morris L. (12y), Paul W. (10y), James L. (7y), David S. (6y), Julia E. (3y8m) and Ruth L. (1y7m)

1930 OR CENSUS - Ralph C. Shepard (48y, b Utah, married at age 24y, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Lela A. (45y, b Kansas, married at age 20y) and 9 children, all born in Oregon, Dorothy A. (23y), Maurice L. (22y), Paul W. (20y), James L. (18y), David S. (16y), Julia E. (14y), Ruth L. (9y), Joseph R. (6y) and Andor (3y); also with family was boarder Newton A. Mathews (54y, b Illinois, widowed, married at age 37y, occupation farm laborer)

1940 OR CENSUS – Ralph C. Shepard (59y, b Utah, occupation farmer) enumerated with wife Lela A. (54y, b Kansas) and 3 children, James L. (27y, b Oregon), Joseph (16y, b Oregon) and Arden (13y, b Oregon); family was living in same house in 1935; also with family was housekeeper Wilma Crawford (19y, b Oregon; living in same place in 1935)

PHOTOGRAPH - The picture of Ralph and Lela is shown courtesy of Lynn Strandberg

DEATH CERTIFICATE: 

OSBH DC (1964 Marion co) #3785 Ralph Shepard, male, farmer, married, spouse Lela A. Shepard; b 20 Oct 1881, Salt Lake City, Utah; father James R. Shepard; mother Josephine Lockley; d 24 Mar 1964, 2860 Sedona Ave NE, Salem, age 82y; lived in town 82y; bur Zena; informant Lela A. Shepard, wife

OBITUARY: 

Ralph C. Shepard, 82, a longtime prominent farmer in the Zena area west of Salem, died Monday night at a Salem nursing home. He had made his home since retirement at 2860 Sedona Ave NE. Born in Salt Lake City, he came to the Salem area at the age of six months. He was a charter member of poultry and dairy cooperatives, past president of an oyster cooperative, member of Brush College Grange and Oregon Farmers Union, and past chairman of the Zena school board. Surviving are the widow. Lela; five sons, Maurice L., Paul W. and Joseph R., all Salem, James L., Portland, and David S., Lafayette; four daughters, Mrs Dorothy Ely. Grass Valley, Mrs Julia Bassett, Mill City, Mrs Ruth Wright, Kent, Wash, and Mrs Arden Welch, Portland; brother Fred, Bend; sister Mrs Ruth Hosch, Carmel, Calif; 23 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Services, at which Jehovah’s Witness manual will be read, will at 1:30 pm Thursday at the Howell-Edwards chapel, with interment at Zena Cemetery. Memorial services will be 2 pm April 5 at Zena Community church, Dr Norman K. Tully officiating.
Oregon Statesman, Wednesday, March 25, 1964, 15:1

INSCRIPTION: 

Shepard
Ralph C.
1881 - 1964
[shares marker with Lela]

SOURCES: 

Janssen Compilation
Saucy Survey & Photographs
OSBH DC (Marion County 1964) #3785

Benton Co, Oregon, Marriage Records
1910 OR CENSUS (Polk Co., Spring Valley, ED 252, sheet 5A)

1920 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Spring Valley, ED 365, sheet 3B)

1930 OR CENSUS (Polk Co, Spring Valley, ED 4, sheet 1A-B)

1940 OR CENSUS (Polk co, Spring Valley, ED 27-42, sheet 4A)

Oregon Statesman, 25 Mar 1964, 15:1
Lynn Strandberg

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