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Patricia Ann Shepherd, DuPont Co. retiree

November 15, 2019

Patricia Ann Shepherd, 78, of Georgetown passed away Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019, at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital.  She was born in Lewes Dec. 28, 1940, daughter of the late Preston H. and Mary Louise Palmer.

Mrs. Shepherd was employed by the DuPont Company in Seaford for many years.  She enjoyed days out shopping and working in the garden around her flowers.

Mrs. Shepherd is survived by her sons: Douglas Edward McIlvain and his wife Sharon of Georgetown, and Allen McIlvain Jr. and his wife JoAnn of Dover; her daughter, Deborah Lee Morris of Bridgeville; her brother, Preston Palmer of Laurel; her seven grandchildren; and her eight great-grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held Friday, Nov. 22, at 11 a.m., at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Dodd-Carey Chapel, 307 N. Bedford St., Georgetown, where friends may call beginning at 10 a.m. 

Burial will follow the services at Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Savannah Road, Lewes.

Please visit Mrs. Shepherd's Life Memorial Webpage and sign her online guestbook at www.parsellfuneralhomes.com.

 

 

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