Donald Lee Sheppard

Donald Lee Sheppard, 89, of Elizabeth, WV, passed away at Eagle Pointe Nursing Home on August 10, 2024. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA to Dorr and Lyda Lee Sheppard on July 22, 1935.

He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Carnegie-Mellon University and a Master’s degree in Engineering Administration from Syracuse University. He was employed at Pittsburgh Plate Glass and spent 33 years as a long-range planner for IBM Corporation. He was an officer in the  United States Army where he was in the Signal Corp.

Don was an avid and competitive bridge player in earlier years, and enjoyed golf and bowling. His main passion was in using his skills to help those in need.

He is survived by his wife, Elise Alston Sheppard, his sons, Dorr, Morgan, and Jonathan Sheppard of Texas, and his daughter, Susannah Stout and her husband, Adam. His grand-daughter, Elise Sheppard, and his grandsons, Daniel Sheppard, and Corbin, Calvin, and Christopher Stout, will miss him greatly.  His brothers, William, James and James’s wife, Karen, survive him, as well as many nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at a later time at the Austin Alpaca Playhouse in Texas.

A private cremation will take place at Mid-Ohio Cremation Society.