Evelyn B. Shepherd

Evelyn B. Shepherd age 87 of Toledo formerly of Grundy, VA, and Bluefield, WV passed away Friday, December 24, 2021, peacefully at home surrounded by her family. Evelyn was born in Grundy, VA to Basil Childress and Thelma (Bartley) on September 26, 1934. She married Albert Shepherd and moved to Toledo, Ohio. Evelyn received a business degree from Stautzenberger College and worked for the W.T. Grant Co. and later retired from N.F.O. Research in 1997. Evelyn was a former member of East Toledo Baptist Church. She was talented at crochet and people often remarked at how beautiful her work was. Evelyn loved her family get-togethers, going out to eat, traveling down south, and spending time with her grandchildren.
Evelyn is survived by her children Patricia (Dennis) Green, Susan Hamilton, Iris Leigh Profitt, and Daniel Shepherd; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; brothers Robert (Judy) Lord and Kenneth Barlow; and sister-in-law Marsha Barlow. She was preceded in death by her husband Albert in 2011, grandparents Robert and Jane Bartley, father Basil, mother Thelma, step-father Joseph D. Barlow, daughters Cecile Shepherd and Virginia Perez, brother Joe Barlow, and son-in-law Michael Hamilton.
A visitation will be held at Freck Funeral Chapel in Oregon, Ohio on Sunday, January 2, 2022, from 2 until 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held in the chapel at 11 a.m. on Monday. Burial will follow in Lake Township Cemetery.