Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Town stalwart Albert Shepherd to be honoured at match
FORMER Forfar Athletic director and town stalwart Albert Shepherd will be honoured at today’s Forfar v Stenhousemuir match.
The weel-kent 87-year-old recently died and his life will be celebrated before the game with applause.
It is a tribute to a man who was loved at the football club and in his beloved Forfar.
Albert Brown Shepherd was born on February 10 1935 at home in Forfar.
His parents Albert and Barbara ran the family roofing and slating business and he had one older sister, Kathleen.
Albert courted Marian McLeod from North Street Dairy in Forfar, and they got engaged in 1956 just before he headed off to national service.
He joined the RAF and they did not marry until he was demobbed.
They tied the knot in October 1958 at East and Old Parish Church in Forfar.
Albert recommenced work within the family business while attending evening classes. He and Marian then moved to Essex where he worked at the Inland Revenue’s tax office.
After son Alan was born, and when second son Iain was on the way, they moved home to be nearer family.
From 1963 Albert began working for Don Brothers as an engineer.
From 1966 he started working for Remploy in Dundee. This would be a career move that would span 30 years seeing him become UK admin manager for Remploy Interwork.
In his retirement Albert and Marian loved holiday cruises.
The adventurous couple also visited Ayres Rock, the Great Wall of China, cruised the Amazon and stayed in New Zealand and the US.
He is survived by his sons Alan and Iain and daughters-in-law Lesley and Lorraine. He was also grandfather to five and great-grandfather to three.