Mary Elizabeth Sheppard

Mary Elizabeth Sheppard, age 67 years, of Lambertville, NJ, died Friday, April 13,2012, in the Hunterdon Medical Center, Raritan Township, NJ.

Born in Somerville, NJ, June 18, 1944, daughter of the late Hiram Case and the late Jean Hutchinson Preckwinkle, she had formerly resided in Ringoes, NJ and in Flemington, NJ before moving to Lambertville in 1989.

A l962 graduate of Hunterdon Central Regional High School and of Trenton State College (now the College of New Jersey) with a degree in Education and Mathmatics, she was Clerk of East Amwell Township for fifteen years and then was City Clerk of Lambertville for sixteen years, retiring in 2006.

Active in community organizations for many years, she was a former trustee of the Hunterdon County Historical Society; member of the Amwell Valley Fire Co. Auxiliary of Ringoes, NJ; Trustee of the Lower Amwell Cemetery Association of Delaware Township, NJ; former Secretary of the Amwell Valley Fire Commission; member of the Holcombe-Jimison Farmstead and also of Old Rocks Church of West Amwell Township, NJ.

Surviving are two sons and a daughter-in-law, David and Jane Sheppard of Washington, ME. and Thomas Sheppard of Ringoes, NJ; and four sisters, Barbara Brannan and Patricia McKelvey, both of Bastrop, Texas, Nancy Zakrzewski of Harwich, MA. and Linda Case of Oxford, Ct.

A Memorial Gathering will be held Saturday, June 9, 2012, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM at Amwell Valley Fire House, Ringoes, NJ. Arrangements are under the direction of the Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington, NJ. Memorial contributions may be made to Hunterdon County Historical Society, 114 Main Street, Flemington, NJ 08822 or Amwell Valley Fire Co., PO Box 50, Ringoes, NJ 08551. For further information or to send an online condolence, please visit www.holcombefisher.com