It is with sadness that the family of the late Lewis Sheppard announce his passing on November 6, 2009, at the age of 82.In 1966 he and his wife Mary, with their family, moved from Botwood to Sheppardville where Lewis and his brothers started a community around the woods industry. He will be remembered for his quiet gentleness, loving smile and genuine warmth which he shared with all he met. He was predeceased by parents Robert and Carrie, brothers Leander, Hutley and Allan, sister Elsie, son Lewis, son-in-law Randy Pess, and brother-in-law Claude Coffin. He will be lovingly remembered and missed by his wife Mary, sons Wilson (Peggy), Carl (Stella), Cyril (Cathy), Clyde (Mary), Chris (Shannon); daughters Helen (Dale Penney), Audrey (Boyce Stuckless), Karen (Andrew Roberts), Linda (Glenn Rhodes), Cathy Pess, and Marjorie (Bruce Whitehead); 26 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren; brother, Martin, sistersGloria, Marjorie, and Jean, many nieces and nephews, as well as a large circle of other relatives and friends. Rev. Jerry Weir, assisted by Rev. Patricia Melindy and Pastor Lindsey Foster, conducted the funeral service from Grace United Church, Springdale. Interment followed at the Grace United Cemetery. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to Gail Noel and Leander Hewlett of Green Bay Funeral Home, Springdale.