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In Memoriam

Marianna Shepard Garrett1936-2024

MARIANNA SHEPARD GARRETT(Photo provided)

COOPERSTOWN—Marianna Shepard Garrett passed away peacefully on December 22, 24.

Marianna was born in Cooperstown, New York on March 7, 1936 to Richard and Mollie Shepard. She grew up in Cooperstown and graduated from Cooperstown Central School in 1954. She went on to study at Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School in Boston, Massachusetts.  

Upon graduation, she returned to Cooperstown for several years and was employed by Bassett Hospital as an administrative assistant to the hospital director. She moved to Washington, D.C. in the 1960s and worked for the National Academy of Sciences. While in D.C. she met her husband, Charles Garrett, an engineer with the Department of Energy. They were married in 1978 at The Farmers' Museum church in Cooperstown.

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