<p align="center"><strong><em>Eric Frederick Sheppard</em></strong></p> <p align="center"><strong><em>February 7, 1946 - November11, 2015</em></strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong style="font-size: 10pt;">It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Eric F. Sheppard in the Palliative Care Unit of Western Memorial Regional Hospital on November 11, 2015 at the age of 69. Eric will be lovingly remembered by his daughters: Twila (Claudio) Russo and Jody (Jason) Sheppard, and their mother Christine; grandchildren Anthony and Joseph; sisters Dorothy Byrne, Florence (Garfield) Hickman, Catherine (Norman) Bourgeois and Barbara (Terry) Gilbert;  brothers Harold (Grace), George (Hazel), Ivan and Roy  (Madonna) and sister-in-law Marina Sheppard; as well as numerous nieces, nephews other relatives and many friends. Eric was predeceased by his grandson Francesco Russo, brother Gerald, parents Noble and Jessie (nee: Wheeler) Sheppard, brother-in-law Gerald Byrne. Friends may visit St. James Anglican Church in Lark Harbour Friday from 2-4 and 7-9 pm followed by the funeral service Saturday, November 14<sup>th</sup> at 2:00 pm with Reverend Nelson Chatman officiating, with interment at the church cemetery. As expressions of sympathy, in lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Kidney Foundation of Canada www.kidney.ca. Funeral arrangements have been placed in the care of Fillatre’s Funeral Home.</strong></p>