Pawtucket – Lorraine O. (Kandar) Shepard, 84, passed away peacefully with her loving family by her side on Wednesday, August 30, 2017. She was the beloved wife of Robert E. Shepard, the couple would have celebrated their fifty-seventh wedding anniversary on Saturday, September 2, 2017. Born in Chelsea, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late Aran and Lena (Jacques) Kandar, she resided in Providence before moving to Pawtucket over twenty years ago. Besides her husband, she leaves a daughter, Lisa C. Howlett and her husband, Douglas, and a son, Michael C. Shepard. Visitation will begin Tuesday, September 5th at 12 noon followed by Services at 1 p.m. at the Cheetham Funeral Home, 1012 Newport Ave., Pawtucket. Interment will follow at Gethsemane Cemetery, West Roxbury, Massachusetts. CheethamFuneralHome.com