Richard Wayne Shepherd

30 October 1927–4 May 2008 (Age 80)
Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States

The Life of Richard Wayne

When Richard Wayne Shepherd was born on 30 October 1927, in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States, his father, Bartley Robert Shepherd, was 27 and his mother, Maud Evelyn McGovern, was 25. He married Mercedes Elizabeth Futch on 15 June 1962, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States. He lived in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1935 and West Bountiful Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 4 May 2008, in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States.

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Richard Wayne Shepherd
1927–2008
Judith Ann Mancino
1942–2002
Marriage: 1 June 1963

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1 June 1963
Las Vegas, Clark, Nevada, United States

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World Events (8)

1928 · The Tower Theater

Age 1

The Tower Theatre is a historic film theater operated by the Salt Lake Film Society. The theater presents independent films and is a venue for the Sundance Film Festival. It also presents classic films on occasional weekends and hosts a movie-rental library for those that want to expand their cinematic knowledge.
1929

Age 2

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1949 · NATO is Established

Age 22

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English schepherde ‘shepherd’ (composed of words meaning ‘sheep’ + ‘herdsman’ or ‘guardian’), hence an occupational name for a shepherd. This English form of the name has absorbed cognates and equivalents from several other languages (for forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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Sources (3)

  • Richard Wayne Shephard in household of Bartley Robert Shephard, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Richard Wayne Shephard in household of Bartley Robert Shephard, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Richard Shepherd in household of Bartley Robert Shepherd, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"

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