Janet Lorraine Sheppard Doucette, age 55 of Waldorf, Maryland, entered eternal life on August 8, 2019.

Jan was born on January 9, 1964 in Bethesda, Maryland, the first child of Joyce and Ernest Sheppard. Her childhood and adolescence were spent in Olney, Maryland in the company of her sister Chrissie, her brother Charlie, and an array of foster children who lived with the family over the years.

She began her education at Pleasant View Elementary School in Kensington, Maryland and loved every minute of her time there. She always had a special love for her teachers and never forgot them or their names. The remainder of her elementary education was at Greenwood Elementary School in Olney, Maryland followed by Farquhar Middle School in Sandy Spring, Maryland and Sherwood High School.

She began her nursing education at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland and after a year-or-so break to have her son Todd, she returned to complete her Associates Degree in Nursing. Jan's first nursing job was at Montgomery General Hospital in Olney, Maryland. After a move to Waldorf, Maryland, Jan worked at Physicians Memorial Hospital in La Plata and later transferring to Southern Maryland Hospital specializing in Cardiac Critical Care.

After a head injury, Jan retired from her nursing career.

Jan was raised in the Lutheran Church and attended throughout her lifetime. She attended The Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Olney Maryland until her move to Waldorf when she transferred to Grace Lutheran in La Plata Maryland, where she and Paul were married. They enjoyed travelling for vacations to places as far as Nova Scotia to visit Paul's family and to Italy in the company of both of their mothers.

Jan leaves behind so many who love her: her husband, Paul Doucette; her son, Todd Anthony Sheppard; her daughter, Aubrey Marie Prince; her parents, Joyce Theresa and Ernest Sheppard; her sister, Christine Joanne Frederickson; her brother-in-law, Jon Frederickson; her nephews, Nicholas, David, Timothy; and her niece, Sarah Frederickson.

May you be at peace in the arms of Our Lord.

Visitation on Thursday, August 15, 2019 from 9:30AM until time of Funeral Service at 10:30AM at Grace Lutheran Church, 1200 Charles Street, La Plata, Maryland 20646. Interment at 2:30PM at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 13801 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20906.

Memorial contributions in Jan's name are asked to Anxiety and Depression Association of America, 8701 Georgia Avenue #412, Silver Spring, Maryland 20810.