Profiles in American History

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Clara Olive Snyder Shepherd 1906  ~  Joplin, Missouri Civic Leader  ~ 1976 Producer & Director: Chandler Musical Productions ~ 1940s Daughter of Mabel Mitchell Snyder and John Abbott Snyder, New York-Ohio-Kansas-Missouri Founders of Galena (Kansas) Harrow Factory & Snyder Bus Line (Missouri-Arkansas) Member, Board of Directors, Jasper County Missouri Heart Association. Fund Raiser for American Cancer Society & Other Civic Organizations +

Dudley  Blaise & Wife Clara Olive Caribbean Honeymoon January 1935

Dudley - Guanajuato - 1938 He abandoned his wife Clara Olive, and his two sons John & Tom while they were still infants.

Clara and father and mother Clara, Gram Tommy 1946

Shepherd Garden Party

Clara Olive ~ Gulf of Mexico ~ Surf Clara Olive ~ Galveston ~ Collage

Clara Olive and Tom on Noel Eve '71

John and Tom Joplin, Missouri 1944 John, Tom & Friends 1943

Clara Olive at College Forest Glen, Maryland 1926

Charles, John, Clara Olive Shepherd Charles Shepherd & Clara Olive married in 1949

John Shepherd - 1962 - U.S. Army Journalist - TV Producer - Teacher

Tom Shepherd, Founder Shepherd-Montessori Institute

The Shepherd Library         Guanajuato Home 1938

The Ancient Art of Weaving by Clara Olive Shepherd Weaving Design Artist & Member Four State Weavers Guild, Joplin, Missouri

Profiles in Missouri History Hon. Clara Olive Shepherd - Hon. John Shepherd - Hon. Thomas M. Shepherd Civic Leaders Joplin, Missouri