Once making history, Poway woman now helps preserve it
Once making history, Poway woman now helps preserve it Mary Shepardson Print Mary Shepardson is known in Poway for many things — being a member of its first City Council, Poway’s first female mayor and a former reporter for the Poway News Chieftain. Shepardson is also known for being one of Poway’s historians. While not born in Poway, Shepardson moved to the then-unincorporated community with her parents, David R. and Marion Shepardson, and her brother, Philip Shepardson, in 1949. Born in south Pasadena, Shepardson said her father wanted to be a farmer and the family originally ...
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