Helena R. Hotchkiss

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Personal and Family Information

Helena was born on 15 JUN 1913 in Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas, the daughter of Thomas Hotchkiss and Elizabeth Mae Gillespie.

She died on 8 OCT 1994. The place is not known.

Her husband was Ernest R. Shepard, who she married on 27 JAN 1934 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas. Their two known children were Linda Kay (c1936-?) and Richard E. (c1938-?).

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Helena R. Hotchkiss
(1913-1994)

 

Thomas Hotchkiss
(1894-1976)

 

Cornelius Hotchkiss
(1858-1930)

 

Edward Hotchkiss
(1834-1912)

+
   

Margaret Janet Penman
(1837-1912)

+
   

Christina Ferguson
(1855-1931)

 

Cornelius Ferguson
(1830-1902)

+
   

Elizabeth Forsyth Taylor
(1832-1888)

+
   

Elizabeth Mae Gillespie
(1892-1954)

 

James T Gillespie
(1857-1922)

   
 
 
     
 
 
   

Linnie Alberta DeVall
(1867-1930)

   
 
 
     
 
 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth15 JUN 1913
Place: Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas
Death8 OCT 1994
Burial13 OCT 1994
Place: Burlingame Cmtry, Burlingame, Osage County, Kansas

Notes

Note 1

!Article: [The Osage County Chronicle, July 1993] -- Neighbors --

!P: ..., Helena Shepard took her daughter and husband Linda Kay and Gary Mellott and her grandchildren, Kristin, Craig and Jimmie Srojer and their friend Aaron McCormick to Green Acres for supper Monday....

!Obituary: [The Osage County Chronicle, Thur 20 Oct 1994, page 15, col. 4] -- Deaths and Funerals -- Helena R. Shepard --

!P: Scranton - Helena R. Shepard, 81, Scranton, died Saturday, Oct. 8, 1994.

!P: She was born June 15, 1913, in Burlingame, the daughter of Thomas and Bessie Gillespie Hotchkiss. She was reared in Burlingame and was graduated from the Burlingame High School in 1931.

!P: Mrs. Shepard was a cook for the Scranton Schools, and at Brookside Manor in Overbrook for several years.

!P: She was a member of the Scranton Covenant Church and the Covenant Women.

!P: She was married to Ernest R. "Jim" Shepard on Jan. 27, 1934, in Topeka. He died Aug. 17, 1963.

!P: Survivors include a daughter, Linda Mellot, Altamonte Springs, Fla.; a son, Richard E. Shepard, Alta Loma, Calif.; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

!P: Services were held at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Scranton Covenant Church. Burial was at the Burlingame Cemetery, under the direction of the Carey Funeral Home in Burlingame.

!P: Memorial contributions may be made to the Scranton Covenant Church, or to the Scranton First Responders. --