Also John December 16, 2020 (10:20 am)
That was a lovely read. Their three children have good genes and should live a long life too.At 6’3″ he was tall for his generation.
miws December 16, 2020 (10:39 am)
What wonderful members of Our West Seattle Community they were. Condolences to my friend Megan, and the rest of the Sheppard family… Mike
Serena Irving December 16, 2020 (10:57 am)
I have very fond memories of the pharmacy and the Sheppard’s. My mother always said how much she loved Virgil and that he was the first outside of my parents to hold me when I was born. Condolences to the family – Mr. and Mrs. Sheppard are, to us old West Seattlelites, staples of what West Seattle was!
Martha “Marty” McLaren, a past West Seattle/South Park representative on the
Seattle Public Schools Board of Directors, has died. Ms. McLaren, a Puget Ridge resident, was 76 years old. She was a longtime educator and community advocate, but her highest-profile role was that of board member. She won election in 2011 by unseating incumbent
Steve Sundquist and then four years later was unseated herself by current board member
Leslie Harris. We talked with Ms. McLaren after her election in 2011; she spoke of her teaching career following her involvement with advocacy as a PTA leader while her children were in school. More details on her life are in her obituary, which we’ve just received: