Stella L. Brown

Stella L. Brown, died May 29 2011, on her 70th birthday at Yavapai Regional Medical Center. She was the daughter of Chuck and Gwen (Carter) Sheppard.

She was proud of her Arizona ranching heritage. She was Prescott Frontier Days Rodeo Queen and a graduate of Prescott High School. She was active in her childrens lives be in scouting or for years with 4 H activities. After her marriage to Bob she enjoyed black powder shooting and was Colorados State Ladies Champion. They attended many Rendezvous especially on Memorial Day weekend in Williams. She always enjoyed bowling.

She is survived by her husband, Bob of Chino Valley; daughter, Jairi Miller of Chino Valley and Charlie (Tricia) Lewis of Prescott Valley; two step sons, Harry Brown of Utah and Ernie Brown of Colorado and sister Lynda (John) Kieckhefer of Prescott; grandchildren, Cort, Tonya, Sheena, Lyndee, Bo, Betsy, Theresa, Kathaleen, and Zack; and great grandchildren, Gabe, Anthony, Nikki, Harmony, Ariza, Trevor, Logan, Destrian, Kylie, and Khia.

Celebration of Stellas life will be 10:00 am. Saturday June 4, 2011 at Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home, corner of Cortez and Carleton with burial at 2:00 p.m. at Walnut Grove Cemetery.

The family suggests memorials to: the Chuck Sheppard Memorial Scholarship Fund, care of Yavapai County Sheriffs Posse, P.O. Box 95 Prescott, AZ 86302