{"id":27363,"date":"2025-02-05T07:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=27363"},"modified":"2026-01-24T09:02:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T15:02:28","slug":"obituary-shepherd-josie-mae-douglass","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/?page_id=27363","title":{"rendered":"Obituary &#8211; Shepherd, Josie Mae (Douglass)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one_third\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/1932_Shepherd_Josie_younger.jpg\" alt=\"Josie Mae (Douglass) Shepherd\" \/><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Class of 1932<\/h2>\n<p>All-State Symphony Orchestra, Cello.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two_third last_column\">\n<h1>Josie Mae (Douglass) Shepherd<\/h1>\n<h3>September 15, 1914 &#8211; June 9, 1982<\/h3>\n<p>Josie Mae Shepherd, 67, of Hemet, California, died Wednesday at a local hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Born in Perry, Oklahoma, on Sept. 14, 1914, she was the daughter of Frank P. and Hazel B Nelson Douglass.  Following her graduation from Perry high school in 1932, she continued her education at Oklahoma A &#038; M college, Stillwater, where she was a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority.<\/p>\n<p>On June 16, 1934, she and Lester Oaks were married in Stillwater. They both continued their education while Lester was employed by the Heestand-Stewart Band School in Oklahoma City.  Josie received her degree in fine arts in 1937. After their marriage Lester accepted a position as director of music at the Northeast high school in Oklahoma City.  <\/p>\n<p>The couple moved to Riverside, California, the summer of 1939, where they were blessed with a son. Lester passed away in 1961.  Josie married William B. Shepherd on March 15, 1963.<\/p>\n<p>Josie lived in California for 42 years and in Hemet for the past 10 years.  <\/p>\n<p>She was a secretary for 20 years for Kennedy Pontiac of Riverside.  <\/p>\n<p>Survivors include her husband, William; son, Douglas E. Oaks; her mother, Hazel B. Douglass; an aunt; and two grandchildren.<\/p>\n<p>Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Miller-Jones Valley Mortuary, Hemet, California.  Pastor Martin Wahl of St. John&#8217;s Lutheran Church will officiate.  Burial will be private.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-FullWidth.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27363"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27363"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30268,"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27363\/revisions\/30268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/perryokalumni.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}