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| Barbara L. Shepard | |
| October 11, 1930 - October 17, 2009 | |
| Newton, Iowa
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| Visitation: The family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m., Thursday, October 22, 2009 at the funeral home. | |
| Funeral Service: 10:30 a.m., Friday, October 23, 2009 at the funeral home. | |
| Interment: Following the funeral service, Friday, October 23, 2009 at Newton Memorial Park Cemetery. | |
| Those left to honor Bobbie's memory include her daughter, Mary Ann (Jerry) Allspach of Newton; three sons--Daniel E. Bruce of Newton, John F. Bruce of San Francisco, California, and Robert W. (Barb) Shepard of Newton; eight grandchildren--Tina (Dan) Brown of Newton, Sue Allspach of Des Moines, Shari (Matt) Froah of Yampa, Colorado, Jacob (Jeszi) Shepard of Newton, Mickie Bruce of Florida, Stacy Krause of Newton, Matthew Bruce of Newton, and Amanda Seelye of Ferguson; 20 great-grandchildren; her brother, Earnest William "Bill" (Mary Ann) Sumpter of Marshalltown; and her sister, Margaret Ann Van Stock of Hutchinson, Kansas. | |
| Bobbie was preceded in death by her parents, Eli W. and Mary E. (Brown) Sumpter, and her husband, Freddie in 1995. | |
| Bobbie grew up in Newton and attended Newton High School. She loved spending time with her family and her grandchildren. | |
| Bobbie enjoyed camping, fishing, boating, mushroom hunting, wood carving, being in the outdoors, and collecting frogs. She also loved her cat. | |
| Memorials in Bobbie's name may be left at the funeral home. | |
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Wallace Family Funeral Home 1115 E. 19th St. N., Newton, IA 50208-2539 Toll Free: 1-877-787-9911 Phone: 641-787-9911 Fax: 641-787-9208 staff@wallacefamilyfuneralhome.com
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