RAYMOND SHEPLEY

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RAYMOND SHEPLEY Raymond Shepley was born on 1 December 1915 in St. Albans, VT, the third son of Delwin Mitchel Shepley and Alice Josephine Raymond. In 1917 the family began to spend winters in Palm Beach, moving permanently about 1920. Raymond started school in 1921, the year the Palm Beach Public School opened. He graduated from Palm Beach High School in 1932 and from Georgia Tech in 1937 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. Upon graduation, he was commissioned a second lieutenant, Infantry Reserve, and went to work for the DuPont Company in Old Hickory, TN. He was married on 24 June 1937 to Elizabeth "Betty" Hines Little of West Palm Beach. In July 1941 he was called to extended active duty in the Ordnance Department and served in the United States and in North Africa and Italy, returning to the States in October 1945. He continued to serve in the US Army Reserve until retirement in 1967, rising to the grade of Colonel. He joined Memorial Presbyterian Church, West Palm Beach in 1932 and was elected deacon in 1939. From 1950 to 1986 he served as Treasurer of the Church and Sunday School. In 1986 he was instrumental, along with more than eighty members of Memorial, in organizing the Providence Presbyterian Church, PCA of West Palm Beach. He served for three and a half years as Treasurer and Elder at Providence. In June 1990 he and his wife joined Lake Osborne Presbyterian Church, PCA, where he again served as Elder. He was a member of several hereditary societies, Palm Beach County Genealogical Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Order of Founders and Patriots, Order of Colonial Wars, Society of Mayflower Descendants, Society of Descendants of Colonial Clergy, Crown of Charlemagne, General Society of the War of 1812, Clan Munro Association, Elder William Brewster Society, Jamestowne Society, Huguenot Society, Historical Society of Palm Beach County. He was also a member of Kiwanis since 1956, first in the Southside Club and later in the West Palm Beach Club. He served as President of the Southside Club in 1962 and as Lt. Governor of Division 14 in 1965. He also served as Secretary-Treasurer of the Southside Club for more than thirty years. Following the death of Betty in February 2001, he married Aletha N. Barnes on September 28, 2002. He is survived by his wife, Aletha; his son, Raymond, Jr.; his daughter, Elizabeth S. Brophy; four grandsons, John L. Underwood, IV, Douglas Mitchel Underwood, The Reverend Raymond Shepley, (Randy), James Mathews Shepley (Matt); one granddaughter, Ellen Elizabeth Underwood, and five great-grandchildren. He is also survived by Aletha's family, David Barnes, Carole Pate, Patricia Holmes, Martha Hurley, and Margaret Breen, 16 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. The family would like to express their appreciation to Nursing Services of Palm Beach, with special thanks to Ramona, Vilma and Rose. Funeral Services will be held at 12 Noon on Friday, July 6, 2012 at QUATTLEBAUM FUNERAL HOME, 1201 South Olive Avenue, West Palm Beach. Interment with Military Honors will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park, West Palm Beach, FL. Friends may visit with the family from 11:00 AM until service time on Friday. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Lake Osborne Presbyterian Church, 2101 6th Avenue South, Lake Worth, FL, 33461 or to Hospice of Palm Beach County, 5300 East Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33407. QUATTLEBAUM FUNERAL HOME Family Owned and Operated (561) 832-5171 To express condolences and/or make donations Visit PalmBeachPost.com/obituaries