OLD ALLENSPARK SCHOOL REUNION JULY 31st - AUGUST 2nd 2009 SHEPPARD FAMILY The Sheppard family moved to Allenspark from York Nebraska in early fall of 1959. DON & BONNIE Bonnie is living in Sandy Utah in an assisted living facility. She is now 78 years old and suffers from Alzhiemers. Click any picture to enlarge!        1960                                    2008 Lloyd "Don" Sheppard, the patriarch of the Sheppard Family passed away on Tuesday, the 22nd of June, 2010 at 3:45 A.M. TRIBUTE TO DAD God saw you getting tired and a cure was not to be so he put his arms around you and he said "come with me" With tearful eyes I watched as I saw you pass away although we loved you dearly we could not make you stay A golden heart stopped beating hard working hands at rest, God broke our hearts to prove to us He only takes the best.... LLOYD "BLIZ"         Gualala, CA. DIANNE         Desert Hot Springs, CA LEE         Longmont, CO            family website is www.ibelevinme.com          click any picture to enlarge School Memories: We moved into the old schoolhouse just around the bend north from Ferncliff store. It was a log cabin with not much "chinking" left in the walls. Many a morning we had to clean the snow from our beds. Daniel was born when we lived in that house. We walked to school a little less than a mile. We moved to what is now the "Girl Scout Ranch". It was a really cool log house in the meadow. We also walked to school from there a little over a mile. For a short time Mrs. Miller, the teacher, would pick us up on the road at Fox Creek. We then moved to the little "farm house" at the bottom of the hill from the Girl Scout Ranch until we moved into our new home in 1961 just north of Olive Ridge Campground. Us kids all attended Allenspark school Until they closed it down. We were then bused to Lyons in 1964 & then on to Estes Park in 1966. There are lots of old memories in that old school. One of my fondest memories was Mr. Dunning, who used to drive from Loveland to the school with a Jeep full of candy on Fridays so we could all buy a treat. I also remember the old games on the playground. Eatman, Redline, cool!!! Family: I was married in 1971 and had a son named Benjamin that same year. I adopted 2 special needs girls in 1985, Becky-born 1980, Eva-born 1981. I divorced and remarried in 1992 and adopted two more girls Amanda-born 1985, Teresa-born 1987. That kind of rounded out the family. We are all alive and well. I have 4 Grandsons. We moved from Allenspark in 1968 to Boulder where I finished high school at Fairview High. Moved back to Allenspark in 1973 then to Ft. Collins where iI worked as a Diesel Mechanic at Cactus Hill Ranch. Moved to Windsor in 1978 and then on to Garden City Kansas where I became the Service Manager for Garden City Kenworth. Moved to the Beach at Holden Beach North Carolina in 1991 & became a service manager for Holden Beach Marina. We worked on a lot of really nice yachts. Went to work for Ford and went to quite a few NASCAR races and moved back to Longmont CO. In 1995 I Went to work for Mountain Truck & Equipment Co. as a salesman of heavy equipment & trucks. I remain there now. Hobbies: I took an airplane in trade for a truck in 1985 and became a private pilot. I love to fly but I sold the plane in 1990 to a friend in Aspen. I now do long road trips and I love old classic cars. I now have two old classics that I have restored. I enjoy trying to spoil my 4 grandchildren. We bought a farm in Missouri to grow things and retire.        EARL         Clearville, PA                        How can one possibly get through life with a name like Earl From the mountains to the valley, to the sea and then deep country, I’m now a hillbilly at heart. Trying to make a short adage from a lifetime of adventures is a task for the idle, so I’m jotting this down at 2:13am EST. I currently reside in a little forested valley way out in the boonies of southern Pennsylvania. When I step out my front door I see 7 billion trees. I think I grew up to be an artist… or else that’s what I might be when I grow up. I sold my 1st watercolor painting at too young of an age and it ruined me for life. Oh well, I’ve enjoyed it. If you’re not going to enjoy this life… which one? After I graduated high school in Boulder I promised myself I would go to college as soon as I found something I couldn’t teach myself. I moved around a bit to Estes, Longmont, Ft. Collins, Boulder, Niwot, a short stint in Mexico, back to AP, then out to California for 25 years. Dana Point, San Clemente, San Juan Capistrano, Corona Del Mar, Lake Forest and San Diego County. Meanwhile, I taught myself drafting, CAD (computer assisted design), computer geek (building, repairing, networking, fiber optics, telco systems, etc.), electrical (high-voltage 440 3-phase down to low-voltage micro-electronic machine controls), plumbing, heavy equipment (cranes, loaders, backhoes, bulldozers, etc.), concrete, tile, stone & masonry, mechanics, machinist, cabinet & furniture making, upholstery, structural engineering, architecture, gold and silver smithing, accounting, psychology, finish carpentry, civil engineering, commercial graphics design, sound mixing, etceteras. I haven’t been in a classroom since ‘71, but I’ve never quit learning. I learn instead of watching television. I still haven’t figured out what I want to be when I grow up. I have one daughter Erika (of whom I’m way too proud), one grandson Lukas, and two past marriages that resembled roller coasters. My life has been a melange of disparate interests and lessons learned. Hobbies: 8-ball pool, skydiving, trout fishing, good tequila, pretty ladies, geology, politics, cooking, poetry, systems design, psychology, wood carving, sewing, good music and problem solving. My better half (12 yrs. now) is my wife Wava, a wonderful lady (LADY being the definitive word), and a professional in the lending and hospitality industries, successful, very active, and somehow puts up with me. We now live 13 miles south of Clearville Pennsylvania where I am building (with my two hands) an ultra custom small retirement home. I designed and blue-printed it myself. I’ll have it published in Architectural Digest when it is completed. It is actually a sculpture you can live in. Over built to last 300 years. Framing of solid oak, innovative and integrated system designs and it is not rectangular. It’s a long hard project, but I take breaks and still do various jobs in Maryland, Colorado, Arizona and California. I’m even going to take some time off to go to a school reunion (not a class reunion) in Colorado this summer. I don’t do class reunions because I have none. CYA - Earl ANNA         Grinnell, IA. LYNN         Westminster, CO. Lynn was born with CDLS (Cornelia De Lange Syndrome). He is now living in Westminster CO. He is the oldest living specimen with that syndrome and is studied to this day. He is healthy and will celebrate his 52nd birthday this year. DANIEL         Bloomington, IN BONNIE LAURIE        Allenspark native Was born in October of 1965 and died in December of 1965 of Pnuemonia PHILLIP         Sandy, UT Philip & Bonnie Sheppard reunion home