| Posted on line: Thursday, March 7, 2013; Published in The Pilot Tribune, Tuesday, March 12, 2013. It was also published in the Omaha World Herald 8 March 2013 with the same information.
Frances (Cachelin) Sheppard, 89
Frances (Cachelin) Sheppard, 89, of Fort Calhoun died Wednesday, March 6, 2013.
Services are 11 a.m. Monday, March 11, at Heafey- Heafey-Hoffmann-Dworak & Cutler in Omaha. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at the funeral home. Interment is at Evergreen Memorial Park in Omaha.
Frances Cachelin was born April 21, 1923, in Fort Calhoun, the third of six children born to Edward and Hazel Cachelin.
Her great-grandfather, Constant Cachelin, was an early settler in DeSoto, arriving in 1855. He was a carpenter and many pieces of his furniture are being preserved at the Washington County Historical Museum in Fort Calhoun.
She grew up in Fort Calhoun, helping her family with their farming chores, as well as picking berries for Kay's Orchards.
She graduated from Fort Calhoun High School in 1941.
She later worked at Tip Top Manufacturing in Omaha, where she met her future husband, Wade Sheppard Jr., as he made deliveries to the plant.
They were married in Omaha on August 17, 1947.
They made their home in Ralston where they raised their three children: JoAnn, Ed and Bob. It was in Ralston where they opened their first business, the Ralston Family Store, in 1955.
In 1960, the couple purchased the Sievers General Store in Fort Calhoun. In 1964, along with Hans Kay, they started K&S Gardens in Fort Calhoun.
They sold Sheppard's Grocery in 1965, and later that year, opened the Hobby Hut in Blair, which they ran for about four years. K&S Gardens was expanded, and Mrs. Sheppard also helped Mr. Kay with Kay's Orchards in Fort Calhoun.
She is survived by daughter and son-in-law, JoAnn and Russ Daly; sons and daughter-in-law, Ed and Connie Sheppard and Bob Sheppard; sister, JoAnn Crofton; several grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; nieces, nephews and other loving relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Wade; sisters, Thelma Bigg and Illa McNew Wenzel; brothers, Urban Cachelin and Charles Cachelin; and grandson, Christopher Moles.
Memorials may be directed to the Alzheimer's Association or Washington County Historical Museum.
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