Dennis Shepard died in an auto accident in September, 1975 at the age of 19.
OBITUARY INFORMATION FROM FIND-A-GRAVE WEBSITE:
Dennis Kirk Shepard
BIRTH 1956
DEATH 1975 (aged 18–19)
BURIAL Calumet Park Cemetery, Merrillville, Lake County, Indiana, USA
MEMORIAL ID 156391809
This information was obtained from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156391809/dennis-kirk-shepard.
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This entry was obtained from: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/169750347/person/192443624224/facts?_phsrc=dGX314&_phstart=successSource. (You will need an Ancestry account to view the page.) The picture was originally published in the 1974 HHS Memories yearbook, when Dennis was a junior.