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Ailene M. Sheppard

Ailene M.  Sheppard

Ailene M. Sheppard (nee Jackson), age 90, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 27th, 2014, at the Drew Residence after a courageous battle with breast cancer.
Born in Toronto Ontario May 16th, 1924, she was the only child of Grace A. (Avery) Jackson and Milton Jackson.
Ailene worked for the war effort during 1943-45 and married Clarke E. Sheppard in Dec. 1944. She was the loving mother of 5 children from 1946 on. The Sheppards moved to Sackville in 1978. She worked as an operator in Sears Telephone Order Offices in Ontario and New Brunswick for many years and volunteered with the I.O.D.E., the Royal Canadian Air Cadets and the Sackville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, both with the coffee cart and the gift shop. She lovingly cared for her flowerbeds, bird and hummingbird feeders.
She will be dearly missed by her daughter Dawn Sheppard (Larry McIntosh), Belle River ON; sons Ed (Teresa), Port Hope ON; Neil (Allyson), Etobicoke ON; Norman (Cecilia), Sackville; and Graham (Sandra), Sackville, her best friend Muriel Briggs, Sackville; 16 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband Clarke in 2011.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Jones Funeral Home, 70 Bridge Street, Sackville (364-1300) where a private family ceremony will take place followed immediately by burial in the Sackville Cemetery. Donations in memory of Ailene may be made to the Sackville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, The Breast Cancer Foundation of Canada, The Drew Residence or a charity of choice.
www.jonesfuneralhome.ca

 

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