Memorials may be made to the charity of the donor's choice. Sheppard, LaVerne, of St. Peters, Missouri, died on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at the age of 92. Dear wife of the late Donald Sheppard; Daughter of the late Edward P. and Ludelphia Creason Brinley; Mother of Donald (Sharlyne) Sheppard Jr. and Phillip (Renee) Sheppard; Grandmother of Kent P. Sheppard, Keith (Rachel) Sheppard, Phillip (Patty) B. Sheppard, Jr.; Great-grandmother of Kirsten Sheppard, Ashley Sheppard, Donald Sheppard III, and Andrew Sheppard; Special friend of Edgar J. Rognstad; Dear friend and second mother to Joyce Beck Rhodes and Helen Trigg Hanff. She is preceded in death by her sisters Essie E. Pounds, Mary M. Flesche, Phyllis B. Crow, Evelyn E. Hanlon, and brother C. Isles Brinley.