Mona Lynn Shepherd, age 68, of Silver Lake, passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, at 1:15 a.m. in her residence.
Mona was born Aug. 1, 1952, in Wabash, to Cleon Dean and Iris Virginia Blackwell Overmyer. She was united in marriage to Richard “Dick” Shepherd on Aug. 1, 1992, in Warsaw. She was Manchester High School Class of 1970 graduate and in 1974 was graduate of Manchester College with a bachelor’s degree in health and physical education.
During her career in the medical field, she was an aid in physical, occupational and cardiac exercise rehabilitation therapies for Kosciusko Community Hospital and was a secondary instructor at Ivy Tech teaching Introduction to Medical Careers.
Mona was member of Akron United Methodist Church where she served as pianist and choir director. She was famous for sending humorous cards to church members on their birthdays. She had the knack of picking the perfect Christmas ornaments as gifts for Christmas and loved to decorate for the holidays.
Mona is survived by husband, Richard Shepherd, of Silver Lake; children, Adam (Jen) Noffsinger, of Elkhart; Tina (Chris) Kingston, of East Longmeadow, Mass.; and Rick Shepherd, of Warsaw. Furthermore, brothers Mike (Peggy) Overmyer, of Bloomington; and Mitch (Kendal) Overmyer, of Fort Wayne; and seven grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren survive.
A visitation will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 in McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel, Warsaw. A memorial service will be conducted Monday, March 1 at 10 a.m. with Pastor Dave Eaton officiating in the funeral chapel.
Due to current COVID-19 recommendations, masks are required. The public is kindly requested to provide their own. Social distancing is strongly encouraged. No food is permitted at this time.
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Memorial donations have been requested by the family to K21 Cancer Care Fund c/o K 21 Foundation, 1101 Park Ave., Winona Lake, IN 46590.
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