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Obituary for Alice M. Shepherd

Alice Maryellen Shepherd, 88, of Ocean Pines, Md., formally of Wynnewood, Pa., died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury, Md.

Born in Schenectady, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Malachi Martin McGinnis and Estelle Weatherwax McGinnis.

She is survived by her husband of 39 years, John Alan Shepherd. She is also survived by her brother, Malachi McGinnis and his wife, Mary, of Mesquite, Texas; a brother-in-law, James Barton Shepherd and his wife, Peggy, of Pensacola, Fla.; a sister-in-law, Barbara Fallows of Vancouver, B.C.; and sister-in-law Margaret Veeder Shepherd of Wilmington, Del.

Mrs. Shepherd had been a new account secretary with Jefferson Bank and Trust in Largo, Md.,and had been a chief telephone operator with B. Altman & Company, St. Davids, Pa., a long distance operator for AT & T. She also worked for Winslow Knickerbocker Coal Company as a PBX operator and secretary.

She was a World War II veteran, having served in the Women's Army Corps. Cremation followed her death. No formal services are planned.