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Portrait of Amy Jo Frankel (Shepard)
In Loving Memory

Amy Jo Frankel (Shepard)

May 23, 1975 – September 9, 2021
Lived 46 years
Lancaster Rural Cemetery · Lancaster, NY
Beloved Mother, Wife, Daughter, & Sister.
Life story

Amy was born in Hornell, NY in May, 1975 to parents Stephen and Julie Shepard. She has an older brother David, and younger siblings Cara, Joey, and Jesse.

Amy came to Buffalo where she attended The University of Buffalo.

Amy met her husband, Harvey, in 1999 and was married in May of 2001.

Amy & Harvey have 6 children, Kayla, Matthew, Emily, Evan, Brandon, and Gabrielle ( Gabby).

Amy went on to become a Buffalo police officer, rising to the rank of Detective Sergeant in the Homicide Squad.

Amy passed in her sleep, September 9th, 2021.

She is greatly missed.

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1975
Born May 23
1982
Amy was 7 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1989
Amy was 14 when the Berlin Wall fell
1994
Amy was 19 when "Friends" premiered
1997
Amy was 22 when "Titanic" opened in theaters
2001
Amy was 26 when Apple introduced the iPod
2021
Passed away September 9, age 46
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