Shepherd, Ruth S. Baehr (1917-2004)

Date of Birth: 1917 Jul 17, St. Louis, Missouri
Date of Death: 2004 December 29, Louisville, Kentucky

From Legacy.com:

SHEPHERD, RUTH BAEHR, 85, of Louisville, died Wednesday at Treyton Oak Towers. She was a native of St. Louis, MO, and grew up in North Newton, KS. She taught grade school in Kansas, New Jersey and California and was principal at Stanford Convalescent School in Palo Alto, CA. She was an avid volunteer for the Fitchburg, MA, Art Museum, the League of Women Voters and the First Parish Unitarian Church in Fitchburg. She was a lover of the arts and, for the past 72 years, gallantly battled diabetes. She was the wife of the late Professor Louis P. Shepherd. She is survived by a daughter, Rae Shepherd-Shlechter; a son-in-law, Ted Shlechter; and two brothers, Rufus and Herbert Baehr. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 2, 2005, at Treyton Oak Towers. Burial will take place in Fitchburg at a later date. Pearson's is in charge of local arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Kentucky Educational Television, the Public Radio Partnership or to the American Diabetes Association. Published in The Courier-Journal on Dec. 31, 2004

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MLA Personal Photos Collection

Biographical note:
North Newton, Kansas
Daughter of Jacob P. and Edna C. (Martin) Baehr
Married Louis George Shepherd
Lived in New Jersey, California, and Fitchburg, MA

Bethel alumni note:
Bethel College student 1937-38

Photo holdings:
Individual -- 1938 Newton, Kansas

Sources:
Alumni card, Alumni Directory
Father in Who's Who Among Menn
Legacy.com obit
Grandma Profile #995723