Harry S. Shepherd

Dr. Shepherd graduated from Collinwood High School in Cleveland, class of 1933. He then received his B.A. Degree from Adelbert College of Western Reserve University in 1937. Upon graduation from Dental School in 1941, he was elected to Omicron Kappa Upsilon, the honorary scholarship fraternity and received the Callahan Award for outstanding Senior, the Mills award in Prosthetics and the Mosby Award in Surgery. Dr. Shepherd joined the US Navy in 1942, serving as staff dentist with the US Marine Corps. At Parris Island, SC. In 1943, he was assigned to duty at the Naval Academy at Annapolis, MD and later was sent to duty on the U.S.S. Topeka (CL-67), the flagship of Cruiser Division 18 , in the Pacific with Admiral Wm. Halsey’s Task Force 38. Returning to Cleveland at the close of World War II, Dr. Shepherd entered into private practice and also held the position of Asst. Professor of Anesthesia and Oral Surgery at Western Reserve Dental School for 11 years. As a musician, he began singing in the Immanuel Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, choir where he met his wife, Betsy. During the many years at Immanuel Church, Dr. Shepherd composed two choir cantatas and wrote and arranged many religious songs: for these and professional articles, he was a subject of biographical interest in “Who’s Who in Ohio” in 1974 and also The Marquis “Who’s Who in the Mid-West” in 1975.Dr. Shepherd was a 50+ year member of Lyndhurst Lodge #508, F.and A.M. (formerly Woodward Lodge) in Cleveland. He was a life member of the Northeast Ohio Dental Society, of the Ohio State Dental Association and of the American Dental Association.The chief interests in his life were his family, his faith and his music. He is survived by his wife, Betsy (Pugh) Shepherd of Munson Twp.,daughter, Betsy (Jerry) Griffin of Munson Twp., sons, Harry S. “Skip” (Nancy) Shepherd, Jr. of Granville, Dr. Thomas J. (Paula) Shepherd of Burton, Richard F. (Ellen) Shepherd of Warren, PA., grandchildren, Harry S. “Shaun” Shepherd, III, Heather (David) Juker, Constance (Todd) Christensen, Kirk E. (Jackie) Shepherd, Christa (Thomas) O’Brien, Simon E. Shepherd, Dr. Jessica Shepherd, Justin (Theresa) Shepherd, Jennifer (Joseph) Werth, Jameson (Janessa) Shepherd, Joseph Shepherd, Jonathan Shepherd, Joshua Shepherd, Jacob Shepherd, Jeremiah Shepherd, Lindsay Griffin, Andrew “Drew” Griffin, and Cassandra “Casey” Griffin, great grandchildren, Brockston Juker, W. Dane Christensen, William J. O’Brien, Gabriel Jacob Werth and Adeline Ellen Werth, sister, Dorothy S. Morey of Lake Worth, FL. His parents Kirk Emerson and Florence (nee: Potter) Shepherd,sister, Edith S. Henck and grandson, Jason Griffin are deceased.