Willard F. Sheard, 73, of the Kashia Reservation at Stewarts
Point, died on Nov. 27 of liver cancer.
Born at the reservation to William and Elizabeth Pinole Sheard,
he served two years during the Korean War, then returned to the
reservation to work as a logger. He later went to work for the
Kashia health center. He was a 49ers fan.
He is survived by his sister, Grace Pike of Santa Rosa, his
first wife, Beverly, his sons William, Joseph and Leonard, his
daughter, Tanya, his brother, Mike Kephart, his sisters, Marva
Sheard and Elizabeth Purdue, 11 grandchildren and numerous nieces
and nephews.