Edward Sheppard M.D.

Sheppard, MD , Edward
Edward Camillo Sheppard, MD, of Westport, passed away on Friday, August 10, after a brief illness. He was 78 years old. The cause was cancer. Dr. Sheppard was born March 10, 1934 in Atlantic City, NJ, to Edward Francis Sheppard, who predeceased him, and Rita Gargale Sheppard, currently of Fairfield. He pursued his undergraduate degree at Rutgers University and earned his doctorate in medicine from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. His professional memberships included the American Psychiatric Association and the New York Academy of Sciences. In the early 1970's Dr. Sheppard began his psychiatric practice at Norwalk Hospital and established private practices in Manhattan and Westport. In his over 40 years of serving people with emotional and psychological issues, Dr. Sheppard improved the quality of life for hundreds of patients and their families. His patients speak with praise for his creative, analytical approach, and therapies that rely minimally on prescription drugs. Dr Sheppard's survivors, in addition to his mother, include his wife Jill Galbicsek Sheppard; daughter Laura Sheppard Faussie, Grosse Pointe, MI; aunt Jeanne Ritchie, Upper Darby, PA; sisters, Barbara Sheppard Webster, Westport and Arlene Sheppard Gary, Lords Valley, PA; grandchildren, Theodore Casgrain Donnelly and Geneva Cavanaugh Donnelly, Grosse Pointe, MI; nephews, Joseph Frese, Fairfield, CT and Russell Todd Webster, Anchorage, AK; nieces, Catherine Sheppard Webster, Oklahoma City, OK and Danielle Frese, Coconut Beach, FL. At a place and time to be determined, family and friends of Dr. Sheppard will be invited to gather in remembrance and celebration of his life. Arrangements are in the care of County Cremation Service, 36 South Pine Creek Road, Fairfield.