Ayreanna Shephard-Vanwormer

Miss Ayreanna Shephard-VanWormer passed away on Friday, December 17, 2021, at Covenant HealthCare Cooper in Saginaw, Michigan. Age 13 years. She was born October 14, 2008, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Darlecia O’Neal and Glen Shephard.

Ayreanna attended the Millet Learning Center. She loved to dance, listen to music, go on outings, and for long car rides. Ayreanna was the queen of shouting, and she will be dearly missed.

Ayreanna leaves to cherish loving memories pre-adoptive parents, Eddie and Tomieka Peoples, Saginaw, Michigan; four sisters, Ta’Teiona Lipsey, Me’A Peoples, Saginaw, Michigan, Stephanie (Breont) Reed, Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Elizabeth O’Neal, North Carolina; five brothers, Tavion O’Neal, Eddie Peoples III, Ke’Ontae Price, Christopher Peoples, all of Saginaw, Michigan, Charles O’Neal, North Carolina; six nieces; one nephew; five aunts, Angela Ricumstrict, Detroit, Michigan, Gaynell (Kenneth) Smith, Arlington, Texas, Bauchen Lipsey, and Charlette O’Neal both of Saginaw, Michigan, Patricia Lipsey Leaphart, Cleveland, Ohio; six uncles, Dottis Lipsey, Tyrone and Tony Jackson all of Saginaw, Michigan, Steven Lipsey, Crawfordville, Florida, Charles and Glen :O’Neal; many other special friends; special nieces, Jher’Nei Lipsey, and Madisonn Hatfield, Saginaw, Michigan.

Ayreanna was preceded in death by her parents, Darlecia O’Neal and Glen Shephard; grandparents, Richard and Paula VanWormer, Gwendolyn Green and Charles O’Neal; and her foster mother, Gerard Lipsey.

The family would like to express special thanks to the State of Michigan, Ennis Center for Children, and Melvin G. Millet Learning Center.


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