Jul 4, 2002 2 min read

Dennise L. Shepley, 81, of California, Pa., died Tuesday, July 2, 2002. She was born Oct. 31, 1920, in Smallwood, Pa., daughter of the late Edward and Ruth Hornbake Lejohn.

She was a member of the California United Methodist Church, the California Center in the Woods, and the American Association of University Women.

Mrs. Shepley was a devoted teacher for 41 years, beginning in the East Pike School District, and later in the California Area School District.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene F. Shepley, in 1975.

Surviving are her daughter, Diana Shepley, whose home she has shared for the last six weeks, while under hospice care; one sister, Audrey Sepesy of California, Pa.; and one nephew, Christopher Sepesy of Uniontown.

Friends will be received in the MARISCOTTI FUNERAL HOME INC., Anthony N. Mariscotti, Supervisor, 323 Fourth St., California, Pa., today from 7 to 9 p.m., and on Friday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held in the California United Methodist Church on Saturday, July 6, 2002, at 10 a.m., with the Rev. David Lindberg officiating. Interment will follow in Taylor Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Center in the Woods or the California United Methodist Church.