Simon Sheppard

We met William and Simon on a Princess cruise where we quickly became table mates. (We had mistakenly taken their table on the first night!) We quickly became the best of friends. They visited us here in Florida and we visited them in San Francisco (photo below includes my mother and sister.) Simon's kindness and gentle nature will always be an inspiration to us.

Simon, we will miss your intelligence and delightfully dry sense of humor. Love, Christo

I met Simon and William on a cruise to Alaska with my mother. I remember meeting in an elevator as they were ready to go out and about for an adventure and somehow, we all just instantly connected and went off on adventures for the rest of the cruise. It's not often you meet someone who is so engaging, funny and fun to be around but Simon and William both were just irresistibly fun. When I found myself back in SF taking care of my mom I got to spend some time with Simon and William. One of my...

We had great fun wrapping soap at the first hippie glycerine soap factory in SF It was called Ithelien Fields and was at Project Artaud

We had great fun packaging glycerine soap at the old hippie soap factory at 0roject at Project Artaud. Ithielen fields was the first of it’s kind also.

Dear William. Am so sorry to hear that your beloved Simon has passed. Can only imagine at how devastated you must be feeling. Know he had been poorly for some time. You cared for him, nurtured him but most of all loved him. Sending my deepest sympathy.

Von xx

We met Simon and William cruising on the Grand Princess when the ship broke down on our way to Hawaii. We met them in a trivia game and introduced them to another pair of trivia teammates/friends we met separately. Together, we became a set of 6 friends that we named "Bay Area Nation" who ended up cruised together a handful of times and saw each other in the SF Bay Area, including a terrific tour of the Castro.

We send our love to you both with thanks for terrific memories and...